[Scott at Pelican Parts]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

After seeing the 919 in person in Rennsport its clear, that car is designed with one goal in mind, and it ain't looks! It was wicked fast on the track, and eerily quiet! He was hitting turn 1 at Laguna at close to 160, and that was just out doing some demo laps for the crowd!!!

You might be surprised to learn that the 919 doing laps at Rennsport did not have its hybrid system installed! It was powered by only the 4-cylinder turbo engine. The engineer said that to have the hybrid system available would have required dozens more engineers and safety personnel. So the car we saw - which was by far the fastest car at the event - gave us only a glimpse of its true speed. Amazing car!!