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Hero at Cadwell Park
As previously mentioned, I was out shooting a Boxster feature for 911 & Porsche World magazine at Cadwell Park last Sunday. The photographer was all-round good guy, John Colley.
Being out all Saturday night and most of Sunday didn’t earn me that many Mothers’ Day brownie points, but it was time well spent: I learnt quite [...]
Boxster Racing is Coming
Dominic Delaney at Specialist Vehicle Preparations, the Porsche independent and race car fabrication workshop in Droitwich, just sent me some pictures of his first Boxster race car build. The car has come together quickly and without drama, and is said to be lots quicker than a standard car. Looks pretty good to me.
Dom reckons [...]
Porsche 911 Carrera RS Experience
Porsche UK have youtubed a great video of a beautiful 1973 Carrera RS enjoying the Experience Centre at Silverstone.
Driven by Gordon Robertson, the dynamic nature of the RS Touring is immediately apparent as the classic 911 is drifted through the circuit’s sinuous curves. One anorak point is that the so-called Prototipo steering wheel [...]
Classic 911 trackday at Spa: June 2010
2009 was a fairly quiet year in terms of UK and European miles covered in my own cars, so I am delighted to be announcing the first of many classic 911 events in 2010.
I’ve teamed up with my new friends at RSR Nurburg to put a 20-car early (preferably pre-’89) 911 posse together for their [...]
RIP Roy Lane
I have just discovered the sad news of the loss of Roy Lane, hillclimber extraordinaire and 911 racer par excellence.
For over forty years, Roy was one of the big names in UK hillclimbing, eventually becoming the most successful competitor this country has ever seen. After winning his first national event in 1969, he went on [...]