- July 1, 2011
- Porsche 911 Rally, Porsche Road Trips
- Posted by Rick Bruins
- Comments Off on Race4Change.org: Going for Gold on Safari
I’m currently working on media for Race4Change.org: a really exciting Porsche project. Race4Change.org is a Canadian microfinance organisation sending a million-dollar mission to this year’s East African Safari Classic Rally. The team is racing the Safari Rally to promote the economic empowerment of women in Africa. This week, we announced the first three drivers supporting the 2011 Race4Change campaign.
Leading the Race4Change team is Björn Waldegard, motorsport’s first-ever World Rally Champion and a five-time winner of this historic event: four times on Safari and once on Safari Classic. As with Waldegard’s first Classic Safari victory in 2007, Björn’s son Mathias will navigate.
With Björn will be X-Games legend and NASCAR superhero, Travis Pastrana. “Competing in [...]
- June 27, 2011
- Historic Racing 911, Porsche Road Trips, TwinSpark Porsche Parts
- Posted by Rick Bruins
- Comments Off on Nurburgring 24 Hour & Falken Porsche 911
Just back from an incredible trip to Germany, for the Nurburgring 24-Hour race. The event was memorable for many reasons, one big one being a victory for Porsche with a Manthey Racing GT3, and the other was the sheer speed of the 911R Hybrid.
Though the Hybrid started way down the field thanks to its air restrictor handicap, the car was soon climbing the order. The first few laps were all about the big Mercedes and Audis up front but as the laps counted up, the Hybrid just kept coming and coming. Eventually, the car took the lead, but confused reporting at the racetrack meant not that many people knew about it.
Soon there was a problem with diff flanges, and the car had to come in the pits, losing six [...]
- June 13, 2011
- Porsche 911 Rally, Porsche Road Trips, TwinSpark Porsche Parts
- Posted by Rick Bruins
- 3 Comments
I posted a while back on plans for a TwinSpark track day at Spa Francorchamps later this year. Those plans have now been finalised, and I’m happy to share them with you.
Our track day company for this event is the excellent Gold Track organisation from the UK. Melindi Scott and partner Calum Lockie hosted our very first Impact Bumpers track day at Donington Park in October 2006, and are the ultimate professionals. Gold Track is a leading light in ATDO, the Association of Track Day Organisers, so insurance for this track day should be no problem for those coming from Great Britain.
Gold Track are running on the 10th and 11th of October at a cost of £299 [...]
