Tag: Historic Racing

The classic Porsche 911 is an icon. Porsche guys never get tired of looking at good 911 pictures, and the concentrated world in which we run our cars is constantly receiving new members: more people who have decided that a classic 911 is what’s needed to complete their leisure time.

For air-cooled Porsche fans, the usual entry point is an Impact Bumper or G-model Porsche 911: one of the cars built between 1974 and 1989. A common (and clever) choice is the 911 SC, due to the numbers that were made and the volume still running around today in decent condition: these cars were very solidly manufactured.

Coming in at SC level, some look to the 3.2 for their second 911. Some decide that a later 964 or 993 is the way to go. For those who have come in at the 964 or 993, they may decide to go to a 996 for their [...]

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 then, [...]