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I Nearly Died Racing My Vintage Porsche 911 at La Carrera Panamericana - The Drive

In 1955, the PR effort was deemed a success and the race was shuttered, only to be revived in 1988 by a group of auto enthusiasts. Running such an historical event was a bucket list item, and I bought the perfect car to see my dream to fruition: a 1968 Porsche 911.
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Buddy and I figured that with Ben calling the shots, we’d be fine to jump in with no training and figure it out as we went.

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Buddy drove the first day, with Ben calling. They had great synergy, really cranking. There was only one problem, which we quickly discovered. The Pan-Am notes about turns, and degree of difficulties, weren’t consistent, or even right. They were the organizer’s arbitrary interpretation of the road. It’s disconcerting to scream into blind corners with a sheer cliff on the side relying on someone else’s thoughts, so a number of teams had come down early and run the course to get their own notes. We didn’t have that luxury, so we were stuck with their questionable handout.

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Most of the day’s stages were uphill, and the cars with triple our horsepower were killing me, but our car was still performing well and reliably. That night, Buddy suggested we double up wheel time to keep the good momentum going. That meant I’d be back behind the wheel for day three.

And that’s when bad things started happening.

No ****.