Tag: 911

What started as a nervous week full of last minute preparation, ended well with a satisfying class victory  for Team TwinSpark Racing on Sunday. Outgunned by low-flying Escorts and other more radical RSR’s, we scored a 4, 4 and 5 out of 22 cars, enough to add the points we needed for the Class championship.

The competing red and yellow ’74 911 RSR of Rolph Smulders crashed in lap two of qualifying, right in front of me, coming out of the Renault corner. Rolph bent the left front seriously, but got out without a scratch.However sad for him, this is what can happen when the pressure for the championship is on. We all go all out and that puts you over the edge on occasion…

Lex was driving the Hulk, our ’74 911 RSR, with a new radical engine. Unfortunately we had had no time to fine tune the settings of the engine and this [...]

TwinSpark Racing enjoyed a successful outing at the Zandvoort Historics last weekend: Leonard is just about to post the story of the event. As a long-time race fan, one of my favourite sayings is “when the flag drops, the bullshit stops.” How good it would be if all of life was the same.

How great would it be if companies were run like race championships: where the best people made it to the top, got the jobs they deserved and brought others with them to share in their success. Sad to say, one of life’s depressing realities is that many who wangle their way to higher office are simply incapable of doing their job effectively, thanks to their own incompetence, or the embedded incompetence in the offices they are forced to deal with.

What a joy it is [...]

So far, 2010 has been a very interesting year of Porsche fun for all of us connected with TwinSpark Racing. Leonard and Lex have been preparing and racing their company cars, I’ve been zooming all over the UK, Europe and the USA writing articles for Porsche and other car magazines, and we’ve come together to enjoy some incredible events, such as the recent Bergmeister Tour, and Classic Le Mans.

When it comes to enjoying the Porsche 911 with like-minded enthusiasts, there are many routes to choose from. TwinSpark Racing covers them all, in both parts and participation!

We began the year with the Winter Trial, our annual rally experience in the snow and ice. If circuit racing is not your thing, perhaps rallying is for you. Next year’s event will run from January 23 to 28, 2011, so [...]