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19th Overall Victory!

Porsche adds yet another overall victory to Le Mans history today with the 919 hybrid. The #1 car suffered mechanical difficulties and the #2 car was further back in the field. But in endurance racing, it’s the long game that matters. And Porsche plays that game very well. The reliability that we enjoy in our […]

Porsche Isn’t Playing Around – New GT2 RS

We’ve all been waiting for the reveal of the not-so-secret GT2 for a while now. We’ve seen spy shots of it flying around the Nurburgring, of course. So how did Porsche choose to unveil it? And the RS version at that? At a video game conference! As we pointed out just a few days ago, […]

NER’s 2017 Ramble – In Pictures

NER held the 2017 New England Ramble on April 28-30 at The Equinox Resort in Manchester, VT (Sponsored, in part, by EPE). Here is a look back at the event through the cameras of the participants. [ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”26″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails” override_thumbnail_settings=”0″ thumbnail_width=”100″ thumbnail_height=”75″ thumbnail_crop=”1″ number_of_columns=”0″ ajax_pagination=”1″ show_all_in_lightbox=”0″ use_imagebrowser_effect=”0″ show_slideshow_link=”1″ slideshow_link_text=”[Show as slideshow]” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” […]

How Can You Drive $10M Vintage Porsches?

For those of us who haven’t sold their hedge fund just yet to invest in vintage cars, driving them electronically may be the closest we’re going to get. But it was frustratingly hard to live out the Porsche life in games. Ever wonder why Porsche was perennially under-represented in the gaming world? Porsche had long locked […]

Remembering Dave Maynard

– as written by Kevin Gross on Rennlist Longtime PCA member and Club Racer Dave Maynard passed away peacefully earlier this evening at home with his family. He was my closest friend, a friendship that started in and around Porsches and race tracks, spanning thirty years. Dave’s racetrack experience dates back to the seventies. He […]

Loose Nut Behind The Wheel – June ’17

Suspense Is Killing Me – Sterling Vernon Can a car passion ever resemble a horror movie? I imagine it might for some. But for me it’s more of a suspenseful thriller. I’m the automotive equivalent of Hitchcock’s Jeff Jefferies always peering through the rear window out at Lars Thorwald mysteriously dragging his drunk, wondering what is […]