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Entries by Sterling Vernon

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#SportscarTogether Day – June 8, 2018

Sportscar Together Day It’s finally time. From 8 -10 June 2018, Porsche is celebrating its 70th birthday with its first international Sportscar Together Day. Join Porsche, sports car drivers, friends and fans as we celebrate with events around the world. We will see an amazing array of events throughout the Porsche world. For more information, we’ll continue to […]

RSampling – Can It Get Any Better?

When Porsche brings the full quiver of RS models to the Isle of Man…we have to ask whether it can get any better? Add in a new Ducati Panigale to boot? Wow. Just wow. With any luck…our Vintage DE Days coming up at Thompson Speedway on 5/28 and Palmer Motorsports Park on Saturday, 6/16 – […]

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The Details Were Electric

We had a great time and a great turnout at the tech session at Porsche of Warwick in Warwick, RI on April 21. Huge thanks to Dennis, David, Kirk, and the entire staff at Porsche of Warwick for what was clearly a well-thought-out and wonderfully hospitable event. Thank you! And thanks to the nearly sixty […]

Video Celebrating 70 Years of Porsche

70 years!! Episode 6 of 9:11 Magazine shows the highlights from SEVENTY years of Porsche sports cars. On June 8, 1948, the first car bearing the name Porsche made its debut: the 356 “No. 1” Roadster. A journey in time through seven decades and into the future, from the forefather of the 911 to the […]

Beyond the Rules

What happens when you build a car that is so good that, within the rules, you dominate the field? That appears to be exactly what Porsche did with the 919. 20 Pole-Positions, 17 race victories, 6 World Championship titles, and three overall victories at Le Mans. When you’ve won big, what do you do for […]

Porsche Plus Blockchain?

[ by Sterling Vernon ]  Cryptocurrency, blockchain, digital currency – other than the wild value swings that could theoretically fund auto purchases, why would Porsche be integrating blockchain into their products? I think it all comes down to trust. You trust all of the folks involved in car transactions, yes? Not usually. Used car salespeople […]

Built From Scratch with Chuck Beck

“If you start listening to other people, then you wind up building something like other people would do. so if you just start with a clean place on the floor and do it the way you think it should be done; if it works it’s all yours, if it doesn’t you only have one person […]