Of Note
24 Hours of Le Mans: Post-race
Mon, Jun 18, 2012 0:50 AM PDT
Rough day There were seven Porsches across five teams in two classes…
24 Hours of Le Mans: Dunlop corner
Fri, Jun 15, 2012 0:00 AM PDT
Friday: Dunlop Corner The above incident involving a Ferrari F430 GT and Audi R18 took place in the downhill Esses after the Dunlop bridge during the first hour of last year’s 24 Heures du Mans…
24 Hours of Le Mans: Thursday
Thu, Jun 14, 2012 9:50 AM PDT
Porsche Curves: The Party Line On a track with as many iconic sections as the Circuit des 24 Heures — Tertre Rouge, Mulsanne Straight, Mulsanne Corner, Indianapolis, Arnage — it would seem that the question, “What is your favorite part?” would yield a number of different answers…
24 Hours of Le Mans: Wednesday
Wed, Jun 13, 2012 9:45 AM PDT
Pit stop practice Today is the first practice day, but not just for the drivers…
24 Hours of Le Mans: Tuesday
Tue, Jun 12, 2012 2:45 PM PDT
Getting Underway Through the years at the 24 Heures du Mans (this is my 13th consecutive mid-June journey to the event), I’ve found that the busyness of the days leading to the twice-around-the-clock race is back-loaded…
F.A. "Butzi" Porsche, 1935-2012
Thu, Apr 5, 2012 9:00 AM PDT
We at Excellence are saddened to mark the passing of Ferdinand Alexander Porsche…
First Impressions: The New Boxster S
Mon, Mar 12, 2012 8:06 AM PDT
We spent last Friday driving the mountain roads of southern France in the new, 981-based Boxster S (we know, we know, but you know what they say…) and wanted to get you some first thoughts and iPhone pics, but were thwarted by data transfer issues Friday night and over the weekend…
Cayenne Diesel to go on sale in United States later this year
Fri, Mar 9, 2012 9:05 AM PST
Things have changed since Porsche told us it wouldn’t sell the Cayenne Diesel in the U.S., because now a well-placed source in Geneva tells us days before the official announcement that it will be sold here starting later this year…
Full Circle: Brumos Racing's return to GT endurance racing
Fri, Dec 9, 2011 0:01 AM PST
It was July 13, 1974, and we were visiting Mom’s family in Albany, New York…
700 Horses and Four on the Floor: 935 at Rennsport Reunion IV
Fri, Dec 9, 2011 0:00 AM PST
There it goes again, once more around Laguna Seca’s 2.238-mile-long track, blowing by the competition…
