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Interactive Porsche Racing Driver Events: Feb 2011

August 22, 2010

James Redman recently whizzed me a mail about the Gathering of Legends Racers Symposium being organised by Brian Redman’s Targa Sixty Six, the team behind Rennsport Reunion. The idea is to gather a bunch of old racing drivers and race fans for five days in the sun with golf, surfing, sunbathing and whatever else you [...]

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Porsche Art: Love it or Loathe it

August 9, 2010

I’ve just finished a piece for Autocar magazine: a buyers’ guide on the Jaguar S-Type R. One paragraph goes: “Such is life with Jags: every one I’ve owned has been a balti bowl of gourmet good times and e-coli lows. Pops to the shops have evolved into epic road trips, while romantic nights out have [...]

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Taking Classic Porsche from Road to Race

July 25, 2010

It’s a real buzz to see Porsches in a car park at a classic event one year, and on the grid the next. On my first visit to Classic Le Mans, 356 devotees Andy Prill and Richard Clark had just pulled off their own South American coup by tracking down and buying one of the [...]

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Porsche 908 warm up at Classic Le Mans

July 14, 2010

I’ve been back from France for a couple of days but, thanks to some serious deadlines and a couple of big (ultimately successful) meetings, I’ve not yet had time to sort through the pictures and video shot with my cameras. However, here’s an iPhone vid I think some of you will like. I shot it [...]

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Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0 RS Part 2

June 24, 2010

I was at Tuthills last week, catching up on on some photos, when who should I spy but  John Watson: ex-McLaren driver, 5-time GP winner and Eurosport/Sky/Bernievision commentator (alongside the entertaining Ben Edwards). I got talking to John about his immaculate Beetle which was being serviced, as both of us are Irish we chatted a [...]

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Perfect Porsche TV: the 1986 Paris Dakar

May 23, 2010

I had an email earlier this week from one of the founders of a new online TV station for motorsport lovers: RaceFansTV.com. The guys wanted me to have a look at the beta version of the site, to get a feel for what they had available. I came away impressed. Along with other clips, there’s [...]

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