Holy cow - Porsche Supercup???

[cowtown]

We recently got a Tivo, and naturally the first thing I did was program in the words "WRC" along with "Porsche."

Tivo collected a Speedvision show covering the "Porsche Supercup," an all-996 race series that I honestly never heard of. I've probably got my head in the sand.

What a blast to watch! Balls-out racing, lots of contact, like NASCAR, but with curves and less tobacco-chewing.

So how long has this series been around, and what are the details behind the cars?

[Bill Verburg]

It's been around since the '92 964RS was developed. They used to broadcast on regular TV, ahhh progress

[cowtown]

We just went from an antenna to DirecTV, so maybe that's why I'd never seen it before. I'm only 12 years behind the times....

Maybe if I'd seen it a few years ago I would not have judged the 996 so harshly.

[Bill Verburg]

Cupcar Info

[cowtown]

Good stuff. Thanks Bill.

[Eric Coffey]

Are there still two cup-car series?

(The Super Cup which preceeds F1 races, and the Carrera Cup, which preceeds German Touring Car races?)

[Bill Verburg]

There are numerous Cup series, German, French, Japanese. There originally was supposed to be a US series that was stillborn, though the cars are still around and very desireable.

[cstreit]

SuperCup racing is just unreal.

Talk about gloves-off, tooth and nail, no holds barred, racing at the limit. THose guys give no quarter to each other at all. I'm sure the Porsche parts departments love it, but I hate to see all the damage thy can incur...

...and would still donate a non-critical body part to do it.

[thrown_hammer]

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