- August 16, 2010
- Porsche Road Trips
- Posted by Rick Bruins
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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, [...]
- August 9, 2010
- Historic Racing 911
- Posted by Rick Bruins
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TwinSpark CEO Leonard Stolk hosted a small dinner in Amsterdam last week. Invited along were two of the most well-known Porsche works racing drivers of the factory’s late ’60s and early ’70s heyday: Gijs van Lennep and Tetsu Ikuzawa.
All of our readers will know of Gijs: hard-fighting winner of the Targa Florio and Le Mans races, behind the wheel of some special racing Porsches. But what of Tetsu? Let’s learn a little more about this very special guest.
In the 1966 Japanese Grand Prix, the mighty Porsche 906 was beaten hands-down by the homegrown Prince R380: a car with more than a hint of Ferrai 250LM. Distraught with Germany’s defeat by England in the World Cup (maybe) and Germany’s loss to a Japanese Ferrari copy in the Japanese Grand Prix (definitely), the factory put a lot more effort into the 1967 race.
- August 4, 2010
- Porsche 911 RSR
- Posted by Rick Bruins
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The other day I walked into Ton’s engine building room to catch up on the final RSR engine we needed to build. The Hulk’s 3.0 RSR, twinplug, Schrick cammed, centerlube, high butterfly power plant. Every time Ton puts one of these engines together there are little surprises which slow down the process. It’s usually down to his meticulous attitude (which borders on the obsessive at times) that we experience slight delays, but they are always justified. Waltz over his concerns at your peril. Listen to his observations and your engine will run perfectly for many happy years. This time we needed to get the bearing housing for the centerlube cams machined. George, our in-house precision machining specialist, is drowning in work and we just have to wait our turn…
This engine had just received its clutch package. As we want to use as many of the parts we sell for our performance engines as possible, [...]
