video of Porsche on track

Looks like a Porsche at the Nurburgring.
Talk about a pucker factor.

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The link worked, but it was a site talking about everything but a Porche.

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Are you a Porsche fan?

I grew up in Detroit, one mile from the GM Tech Center. GM tried to control their employees, but there were always the die-hard Porsche fans, and GM HATED it!!! One of my friends (now deceased...was awarded his PhD from University of Michigan posthumously) bought a brand F-ing new Porsche 930 and GM made him park it almost a mile away from his office. (It was blue...fat fenders...Gawd!!!)

One day when I was a kid (mid 70's) my dad and I were driving down Martin Road (11 and 1/2 mile) just outside of the GM Tech Center on a rainy Saturday about noon when someone driving a Porsche 917 came roaring up and passed us. That's right, a 917, in Gulf blue with a bundle of pipes sticking out the ass. Good god, we were living in the era of free cheese being thrown out of army trucks. I was just passed by a freaking 917! Who was the person who could afford that in the mid-70s? Back then I was all about the (original Holman and Moody) GT40. And the Chaparral. But I would have liked to pull him over and admire the 917...

Methinks that back in those days the 917 was not appreciated enough to cost anything. But everyone loves cheese.

The 917 series is one of my favorites. I saw many of them at an event called the Rennsport Reunion up at Limerock Park a few years ago. They truely are an awesome machine.

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A famous GT40 for ya:

Not the Chaparral that you are looking for, but it is the Pennzoil Chaparral.

Porsche, always ahead of the curve and foward thinking:


Porsche 918 Spyder Plug-In Hybrid Is Only the Start of Green Program - NYTimes.com

"Porsche said that its combined a 500-horsepower V-8 and twin electric motors producing 160 kilowatts, for a combined 718 horsepower. All of the numbers for the Spyder are big, including a top speed of 198 miles per hour and a zero-to-60 time of 3.2 seconds. "

YouTube - Geneva Auto Show, Porsche 918 Spyder Concept, Audi A1 ...

Porsche raced a car with similar technology at the Nurburgring 24Hr this spring.

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Porsche raced a car with similar technology at the Nurburgring 24Hr this spring.

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The GT3 hybrid has done very well so far.

YouTube - Porsche GT3 R Hybrid driven by autocar.co.uk

Some cool technical data:

Videos: Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid uses Williams F1 flywheel KERS — Autoblog