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August ’09

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...

Swiss Spyder

1964 Porsche 904 GTS When I first started going to races in the 1950s, I had the great good fortune...

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. h.c. Ferdinand Porsche and a handful of his close associates in 1937-38 and, despite the hideous wartime destruction, is still alive and well today, a...

Hans Herrmann

For this special Porsche issue it was only right to interview the man who, in real terms, helped to put...

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...

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. Let’s settle for heroic genius, which is what you might call a man whose cars put over 21 million families on the road and have...

A Baptism by Fire

Contrary to what many may believe, the first time I drove a Porsche 917 was when I first sat in...

Porsche 956/962

In 1981, I set up my own team to do the Indy 500. I bought a McLaren M24 Cosworth and...

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 Jo Siffert. In 1969, they drove 908/1s and 908/2s for the factory. In 1970, John Wyer’s Gulf team ran the Porsche effort in 917Ks and...

Porsche

I was in the process of refining a column on supercharging, when Our Great And Glorious Leader (aka The Editor)...

The First Victory

Porsche assembled a massive armada of 917s for its attack on Le Mans in 1970, its sole intent overall victory....

Fast Exposure

August 2009 The German Grand Prix; Nürburgring, August 1, 1954. A field of Porsche 356s approach the South Curve complex after the start of their support race. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION PMB 219 – 65 High Ridge Road, Stamford, CT 06905-3814 USA., Tel: (203) 461-9804 • Fax: (203)...

Laguna Seca Turn 5

Turn 5 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca may not be one of the first corners that everyone talks about when...

1958 Denzel Roadster (Chassis # DK158)

Following the vast destruction of WW II, exciting new sports cars emerged from the rubble, which was just what the...

Mail Box

August 2009 Man vs. Machine Dear Editor, With respect to Pete Lyons’s column, “Man? Or Machine?” [VR, March ’09], I get the feeling that Pete Lyons and I must share some similar DNA. For many years, I couldn’t understand why I had gradually lost interest in the current modern racing scene....

August in Racing History

1 George Follmer drives a Ford-powered Lotus 70 to victory in the L&M Continental Formula A race at St. Jovite,...

Under 2-Liter Grand Touring Cars

The under-2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports;...

Davey Jordan’s First Porsche

The little Speedster stared out the dealership’s window like a puppy, its big eyes pleading mournfully: Won’t you take me home? A young couple kept stopping by to gaze in at the radiant red roadster. “Every week—sometimes more often—we fell in love with it.” They were high school sweethearts, recently...