2008 Riley Porsche Grand Am Daytona Prototype

2008 Riley Porsche Dayton, Laguna Seca 2015, Porsche Rennsport Reunion V.

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Riley Technologies, Mooresville, NC, USA.  Riley produced Daytona Prototype class cars for the Rolex Grand Am series.  Some such as this one were powered by Porsche engines. The sponsor, Ruby Tuesday, is an American restaurant group.  More to come....

1953 Porsche 550 Coupé

1953 Porsche 550 Coupé, Laguna Seca 2015, Porsche Rennsport Reunion V.

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Porsche, Stuttgart, Germany.  The car picture above was the very first Porsche 550 and was a pure racing prototype rather than a modified road car.  It had a 1.5 litre flat 4 engine and was capable of over 120 mph at circuits like Le Mans.  The car was initially an open roadster and won its class at the 1953 Nurburgring 1000kms.  After this it was converted to a coupé and finished second in class at Le Mans to its sister car.  In the colours it is pictured here it competed in the Carrera Pamericana but did not finish.  it finished the season by winning its class in the Buenos Aires 1000kms.  Beautiful, stunning car!   Drivers of this particular car included Hans Herrmann, Helm Glockler and Jaroslav Juhan.

2014 Porsche 918 Spyder

Porsche 918 Spyder, Porsche Rennsport Reunion, Laguna Seca 2015

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Porsche, Stuttgart, Germany.  The Porsche 918 is a hyper car of which just 918 examples will be built.   A mid-engined two seater with electrical hybrid technology linked to a 4.6 litre V8 engine, it has a top speed of over 200mph and a 0-60mph time of under 3 seconds plus handling to match. There is one electric motor on each axle as the 918 is 4 wheel drive.  It can lap the 14 mile old Nurburgring circuit in under 7 minutes.  The one above copies the 1970 psychedelic hippy livery of one the Martini 917s.

1971 Porsche 914-4

Trevor Frank, 1971 Porsche 914-4, Porsche Rennsport Reunion, Laguna Seca 2015.

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VW Karmann, Germany.   The 914-4 had a Volkswagen 4 cylinder engine and in Europe was

marketed as a VW Porsche.  Thus in Europe was never really regarded as a proper Porsche.  There appears less prejudice against it in the USA as it was marketed as a Porsche.   However, it was still a targa top mid-engined sports car and over 100,000 were sold so it wasn't that unpopular.  A collaboration between Volkswagen and Porsche, it can be looked upon as a replacement for the VW Karmann Ghia or an entry level Porsche.  In fact it was both. Their were three different VW engines used over the years, a 1.7, a 1.8 and 2.0 litre.  The fastest of these was capable of 190kph and 0-60mph in under 11 seconds.  The VW 4 cylinders were raced and one driven by Wayne Baker won the 1981 Sears Point IMSA GTU race - this actual car is shown inset right, also at Laguna Seca in 2015.  It is a 1972 car that was heavily modified in 1980 for IMSA racing.  In the Porsche Rennsport Reuion it was driven by Ronald Mistak.

  

Porsche 936 / 81

The 1981 Le Mans 24 Hours winner, a Porsche 936 at Laguna Seca for the Porsche Rennsport Reunion V in 2015.

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Porsche, Stuttgart, Germany.  The works Porsche 936 won le Mans three times, 1976, 1977 and 1981, the car effectively replacing the famous Porsche 917.  The 1981 victory was with Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell driving and they won by a large margin from the Rondeaus.  The 1981 winner had a new engine, a turbo charged 2.6 litre flat 6 which was derived from an Indianapolis project, whereas the previous 936 had run 2.1 litre turbos. Top speed was of the order of 220mph!  The car also featured slightly revised aerodynamics.

1960 Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL

1960 Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL, Laguna Seca 2015, Porsche Rennsport Reunion 5.

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Porsche, Stuttgart, Germany.  In 1959 Porsche sought help from Abarth to keep its ageing 356 GT cars competitive in GT racing.  Abarth commissioned Bertone to design a very light aluminium body that was also small and aerodynamic. Abarth outsourced the 20 production bodies to be made by Motto.  It retained the original steel chassis and the flat 4 1.6 litre engine which in this version produced 165bhp.  The car had a top speed of 144mph and a 0-60mph time of around 9 seconds.  20 of these special 356B Abarth GTLs were built.  The one above is very original and won the Swedish GT Championship in 1961 and 1962 driven by Carl-Gunnar Hammarlund.  The prototype finished 6th overall and won its class in the 1960 Targa Florio.  At Le Mans the Carrera Abarth again won its class and finish tenth overall.  A beautiful and successful car that continued to win the 1,600cc GT class at many events in 1961 and 1962.

1949 Porsche 356 SL Gmünd Coupé

1949 Porsche 356 SL, Porsche Rennsport Reunion V, Laguna Seca 2015

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Porsche, Gmünd, Austria.  After the war Porsche moved to Gmünd in Austria to design his own cars. They were rear engined roadsters and coupés built around Volkswagen components.  With an aluminium body and an air-cooled boxer 4 cylinder engine these cars started the Porsche tradition. The aluminium bodies later became steel and Porsche moved back to Germany but Porsche kept some aluminium bodies as super light works competition cars.  In 1951 they entered the Le Mans 24 hours and the car pictured won the 1,100cc class beating the French DB Panhard and also the 1,500cc class winning Jowett Jupiter.   This was Porsche's first entry into the Le Mans 24 hours, a race they would eventually win for the first time in 1970. In 1952 one of these cars won the Liege-Rome-Liege rally.

1970 Porsche 914/6

Ranson Webster, 1970 Porsche 914/6, Porsche Rennsport Reunion V, Laguna Seca 2015.

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Porsche, Stuttgart, Germany.  The Porsche 914/6 was a 2 litre 6 cylinder version of the Porsche 914 and was produced from 1970 to 1972.  The 914 was a collaborative effort between Porsche and Volkswagen which in 4 cylinder form had a VW engine.  The 6 cylinder version featured a Porsche flat 6 engine and in road going form could top 120mph and do 0-60mph in just over 8 seconds.  It was mid-engined and rear wheel drive. A car that suffered from being tainted with the Volkswagen brand but perhaps becoming appreciated now.  In 1970 one finished sixth overall at Le Mans and won its class.  Peter Gregg, Elliott Forbes-Robinson and others won in them in US SCCA races.

2006 Porsche RS Spyder

Jeroen Bleekemolen Porsche RS Spyder, Porsche Rennsport Reunion V, Laguna Seca 2015.

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Porsche, Stuttgart, Germany.  This was a car designed by Porsche in conjunction with Roger Penske to take part in LMP2 endurance racing.  It competed from 2005 to 2010. It won its class on its debut at Laguna Seca in 2005, In 2006 it won outright at Mid Ohio and scored six other class victories.  In 2007 The RS Spyder won eight races outright and then in 2008 scored its most famous victory by winning the Sebring 12 hours.  The cars continued to take class victories in 2009 and won outright at Lime Rock and Mosport in 2010.  The car won 3 Constructors and 3 drivers titles in the American Le Mans Series from 2006 to 2008 plus the Le Mans Series in 2008.

1973 Porsche 917/30

Peter Harburg, Pprsche 917/30, Laguna Seca, 2015 Porsche Rennsport Reunion V

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Porsche, Stuttgart, Germany.  The 917/30 followed on from the 917/10 which had broken McLaren's domination of the Can-Am series by winning with George Follmer driving in 1972.  The 917/30 entered by Penske Racing and driven by Mark Donohue dominated the 1973 Can Am championship. It had a 5.3 litre twin turbocharged V12 engine generating a massive 1,100 to 1,500+ bhp.  The domination of this car killed the Can-Am series and it disappeared in its original form after 1974. This car owned by Australian Peter Harburg was built as a spare for the 1974 season.  it never actually raced in the Can-Am series at the time as Penske and Porsche withdrew.  This car was capable of a 0-60mph time of under 2 seconds and had a top speed of over 260mph.  In 1975 at the Talledega Superspeedway Mark Donohue set a lap in the 917/30 of 221.16mph!

1969 Porsche 908/2 Langheck

Porsche Rennsport Reunion V, Laguna Seca 2015, Porsche 908 Langheck

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The 1969 Porsche 908/2 LH was second in the famous close finish at the Le Mans 24 hours that year driven by Hans Herrmann.  At the Porsche Rennsport Reunion V it was driven by Gunnar Jeannette and he led three Porsche 917s early in the race.

March Porsche 90P Indycar

1990 March-Porsche Indycar à Laguna Seca 2015 pour La Porsche Rennsport Reunion V.

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Mon Astuce pour faire des belles photos.
Utilisez sélective focus ou retouche photo pour créer une photo un peu plus puissant.

Top Photo Tip.
Use selective focus or photo editing to create something a little more powerful and suggestive of speed even though the car is stationary.

1964 Platypus Porsche

Une Platypus-Porsche à la Porsche Rennsport Reunion 2015 à Laguna Seca.

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PAM Foreign Cars, Manhattan Beach, California, USA.  2.0L Porsche engined Platypus.

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Recherchez des moments humoristique pour prendre des photos.

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Look out for anything humorous to take a photo of.

Porsche 917K

K=Kurzheck ou Courte en français or short tail in English.

Chris Mac Allister dans une Porsche 917K au "Corkscrew", Laguna Seca 2015 pour Porsche Rennsport Reunion V.

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Porsche, Stuttgart, Germany.
Top Speed / Vitesse maximale - 362 kph (Le Mans).

Mon astuce pour faire des belles photos.
Parfois, les photos de format portrait de voitures peuvent être plus approprié ou puissant que le format paysage plus commun.

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Sometimes portrait format photos of cars can be more appropriate or powerful than the more common landscape format.