Le Mans Breakthrough
1969 Porsche 917K In 1969 it was make-or-break time for Porsche. After over a decade of dominating small-bore racing, the factory team was ready to… Read More...
Monthly Archives: August, 2009
Swiss Spyder
1964 Porsche 904 GTS When I first started going to races in the 1950s, I had the great good fortune to be able to tag… Read More...
Bridge Over Troubled Waters
The very first Porsche spanned the Second World War like a bridge over troubled waters, from peacetime to peacetime. It was created by Dr. Ing.… Read More...
Hans Herrmann
For this special Porsche issue it was only right to interview the man who, in real terms, helped to put the Porsche name firmly in… Read More...
Not-So-Strange Bedfellows?
While this news has been somewhat eclipsed by the virtual implosion of the U.S. auto industry, after more than a year of boardroom wranglings and… Read More...
Ferdinand Porsche
I guess genius rather than hero is the correct way to describe Ferdinand Porsche, whose cars mobilized humanity and provided employment for tens of thousands.… Read More...
A Baptism by Fire
Contrary to what many may believe, the first time I drove a Porsche 917 was when I first sat in one to qualify for the… Read More...
Porsche 956/962
In 1981, I set up my own team to do the Indy 500. I bought a McLaren M24 Cosworth and was reasonably successful that year… Read More...
Brian Redman’s Porsches
For two consecutive years—1969 and 1970—Porsche won the World Manufacturers Championship. Brian Redman was an important part of the teams, and his teammate was always… Read More...
Porsche
I was in the process of refining a column on supercharging, when Our Great And Glorious Leader (aka The Editor) dropped me a hint: Porsche… Read More...
The First Victory
Porsche assembled a massive armada of 917s for its attack on Le Mans in 1970, its sole intent overall victory. At the end of the… Read More...