24 Hours os Le Mans

Is almost here and I'm gonna miss the live coverage!

Good luck to all the competitors and stay safe.

GO PORSCHE!!!!!!!!

Rolex 24 Hour of Daytona

Congratulations to Porsche North America on their 40th Class win at Daytona.

 

Florida Hockey players visit NC.

Florida Operative Evan finally made it up to see me in NC. It only took 13 years!!!!!!!!

Evan and Shane stopped by while attending a Hockey tournament in Charlotte. It was good to catch up with them.

 

Evan did let it slip that he has been storing John's Porsche for the last few years.

If I remember correctly. It's a mid 90's Cabriolet, dark blue with tan interior.

Working on getting spy photos of the car.

Maybe I can convince him to sell it to me at a bargain price.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous New Year to ALL.

Porsche By Design

The official title for the show is "Porsche by Design, Seducing Speed". The later part of that means Race Cars! and that;s what I wanted to see. So without further delay, here are some random shots from the NCMA exhibit.

 Do you think we are in the right place?

 Type 356 Gmund from 1949.

 Type 904/6 Prototype from 1965.

 Type 550 Prototype from 1953.

Bath Tub Porsche from the Steve McQueen Collection,

The old race footage was a nice touch with the display.

 Type 917K from 1971.

 Type 935 "Baby" from 1977.

 

I just like the looks of the 917K.

 Type 908K from 1968.

IROC Carrera RSR from 1974.

 One of the original cars from the first IROC race.

 Type 962C from 1990.

Type 911 GT3 R Hybrid Race Car Prototype from 2010.

That's all for now. If you want to see all the cars at the exhibit then go see it.

Cars and Coffee

It was overcast and drizzling when we arrived at the event. There was a quasi car show from the cars and coffee group. Porsche's from all models and years were represented. I did learn that a few of the guys had spent the last few days at Virgina International Raceway running the track sounds like they had a blast. A track day sounds like fun. 

 A couple of California cars greeted us when we got there. Magnus was walking around but split before I got a chance to talk with him.

 I really like some of the older cars. Not the fully restored trailer cars, but the ones that show the owner really drives it and uses it. If it has a few personal touches from the owner even better. Lets face it no matter if it's 2 wheel or 4 wheels, Stock is BORING!!!

 Streetable race cars rock! This 3.3, twin plugged, 911 sounded great.

 Can you even see out of these mirrors? They do look cool.

 Track rash! I bet it was fun driving on wet roads with race slicks!

That's all from the parking lot. Time to move into the museum.

Bullitt

Went to Raleigh this past weekend for the opening of the Porsche exhibit. Scored a few tickets to Bullitt with Steve McQueen on Friday night.

They showed a 9 minute film before Bullitt that everyone thought was gonna suck. The host described it as drive through France. It turned out to be a nonstop run at speed through the streets of France that had everyone cheering when it was over. It was AWESOME!!!!!!!

As soon as I find it, I will post it here.

The 2014 Le Mans should be really interesting.

Porsche is returning to the LMP1 Class that Audi has all but dominated since Porsche left.

2013 Lemans

Porsche returned to the GT class in a big way! Their successful return would be over shadowed by the death of Aston Martin driver Allen Simonsen. Who crashed 20 minutes into the race and died shortly after of his injuries.

Simonsen was 33 and this was his 7th time at Le Mans racing.Remember that life is more than work, bills, and bullshit.

Live it the best you can.

I've seen a lot of car haulers.

But this has to be one of the slickest set ups I have laid eyes on. Even the simple outline graphics look bad ass.

Looking forward to this.

See You in October from The North Carolina Museum of Art on Vimeo.

Sunday at the Pinehurst Concours d' Elegance

7:30am:
With the weather threatening to ruin the day, Pepper and I headed out towards Pinehurst, NC.
I had never been to a show like this before and was a looking forward to it.

9:30am:
 It is very evident that there is a lot of old money at this type of show. Wearing vans, jeans, and a DC Choppers long sleeve, I received a few stares from other patrons while riding the tram from the Polo Grounds to the Club House/Show Grounds.

10:00am:
With music flowing from speakers mounted in trees, we made our way to the show grounds. Greeting us was a 1960's Vintage Ferrari 275 LM.

 12:00pm:
I keep hearing other patrons asking about someone who is at the show. Is he a rock star? Who is the guy with the long hair? Is he some sort of celebrity? Is he a movie star? Look! There he is!
I look over where the guy in the suit is pointing. In skinny jeans, greasy boots, a flannel shirt, and a trucker hat covering his dread locks is Magnus Walker. Magnus Walker is the owner of Serious clothing and the focus of the short film Urban Outlaw. A Porsche collector, racer and builder of some slick 911's, Magnus has been on the rise in the Porsche community over the last year or so.

He is a 911 guru and with this being the 50th Anniversary of the 911, he has been asked to attend many of the Porsche events this year. I got a chance to talk to him for awhile. He's a nice guy who knows his 911's. He was surprised at the amount of cars that were at the show and how most of them were local. He is looking forward to attending this event next year and expects it to be even bigger.

With this being the 50th for the Porsche 911 and the 60th for the Corvette, both were heavily represented at Pinehurst.

Tom Cotter whose "In the Barn" Series I recommend to all, was there with his 1964 Corvette Stingray Race car which he still competes with on the track.

Tom was selling a his revised book on Holman Moody Race Team. I may have to get that one in the near future.

This 1970 Plymouth Superbird, took home the Chairmans Award.

 Rick Hendrick's 1968 Corvette L88. Listed as the most Victorious Corvette in history. This car set Mr. Hendricks back $1,100,000.00 when he purchased it at auction earlier this year. It sounds as good as it looks.

 This Rally Styled Porsche was one of my favorites of the show.

This 1936 Stout Scarab was really cool. The metal work and detail on this thing was incredible.

2:00pm:
It started to drizzle while the class winners were announced. We decided to beat it before the sky's really opened up and the dash for cover happened.

A BIG "THANKS" goes out to Kara for the tickets and parking pass. Tickets for this thing were $40 to $50 each. I don't think we would have gone if not for Kara's gift.

Thanks to Magnus for taking the time to talk with us. Check him out at http://magnuswalker911.blogspot.com/

Porsche Swap Meet Anyone?

Boston Operative Pat was headed there with his 944.

He said " I'll keep an eye out for a nice old 911 or 912 for you."

I didn't even know I was looking for one.

Thanks Pat.

I look forward to you report on this event.