Tag: R Gruppe

Leonard Stolk is the 2011 Dutch Historic GT Touring Car Champion! Leonard sewed up the 2011 championship at the Nürburgring last weekend – he takes up the story:

We are just returning from the season finals of the Dutch GT /TC championships. Our final races were held at the legendary Nürburgring race track. There was a lot at stake for me this weekend,  because I only had a five-point lead on our friend Henk van Gammeren and his gorgeous black and gold Ford Escort. It meant that failling to finish in the points in one of the two races would have destroyed my chances for the championship.

Our little convoy left the Netherlands on Friday afternoon, with the Team Twinspark race transporter driven by Lex leading the charge. Four classic 911s were on board, with the Cayenne towing [...]

I’ve got some details to share with you on Spa lodgings.

Our 2011 Spa track day is the 10th of October, so we’ll be staying over on the 9th. Some people are staying at the Val d’Ambleve in Stavelot: quite a nice hotel with a price to match.

Last time we did this, the biggest group of us stayed at the Beau-Site in Hockai, about 5 kms from the track, and it was fine. Big restaurant and decent beer, clean and tidy rooms and about €40 a head for the night per person sharing, including a simple breakfast. I’ll be doing that again.

So [...]

This months’ 911 & Porsche World magazine is now on sale.

The issue features the carbon fibre-bodied WEVO 912 with the GT3 Cup engine. This car is extreme and the new gold standard in early Porsche hot rods. We call it PVX.

WEVO is a name to conjour with in Porsche circles. Hayden Burvill has set closed-course speed records with Norbert Singer and the Carrera GT, engineered the Brumos Porsche to race wins and helped to design multiple-race-winning Indy cars. Each project has been unique in its scope and purpose, yet each has featured a design overview that could only have come from Burvill.

TwinSpark Racing is the European distributor for Hayden’s Porsche parts. Not only do [...]