Rennsport Pics

[Nalspeed]

it's the Porsche script over and over.

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

Is that "Checker Plate wrap" on your hood?

[Nalspeed]

[FastCarFan]

I attended my 3rd consecutive Rennsport Reunion this weekend. They have all been fantastic events - every Porsche nut NEEDS to go. It is indescribably amazing.

During Saturday's 919 demonstration laps the car hit 149/150 mph at the Mother's bridge. A guy we talked to has been coming to Laguna Seca for many years, & he said that is by far the highest speed he's ever seen there. I think he said 137 or so was the highest previous speed he'd seen. I think they said he was hitting 155 before the Andretti hairpin.

It was very cool to see the 919 at speed, & up close in the Porsche factory display. Does anyone know who was driving it for Saturday's demo laps? They probably announced it but we couldn't hear. I saw Mark Webber there, but I know other LeMans drivers were there too. I'm just curious who we were watching.

Thanks.

[Bergo]

really sad I didn't make this work this year. Hopefully next year, I'd love to drive down from up here (Saskatoon, SK, Canada), do the west coast highway.

[Bergo]

Originally Posted by Nalspeed

it's the Porsche script over and over.

mind if I ask where you purchased this wrap?

[Uncle Enzo]

Originally Posted by Bergo

really sad I didn't make this work this year. Hopefully next year, I'd love to drive down from up here (Saskatoon, SK, Canada), do the west coast highway.

Sadly we will have to wait another 4 years if not more.

[Trackrash]

I'm still trying to find the words to describe the weekend. Here are a few shots I'd like to share.

[kevin993]

Still sorting through my pics. Some amazing machinery and lots of drivers on-site. Thanks much to the track, the organizers, the owners, the factory museum, people like Klaus Bischof and his team, and on and on.

[kevin993]

For what its worth, in a paddock/garage area full of unobtanium and extremely rare and expensive hardware, the only car I saw with ropes around it was the Lego 911 RSR.

[amg463]

Did anyone get video of the corkscrew during Sunday's parade lap? Would love to see it if so, my car was close to the front of the pack.

[kennykimk2]

Mind blowing is understatement to This weekend. Still trying to process what I saw this weekend.
WOW.....................

[TCracingCA]

Started the weekend running radar/laser blocking vehicle for one of the super cool TRE built RSR cars and it's Owner! Found that the detector is hitting K band on these new bumper sensors, especially so on GM products, and Audi's! Really slowed down the trip up by 30-45 minutes! Hit KA bands a good part of the way across Hwy. 46, but never found where those sources of signals were coming from! And had one car on the on ramp sitting and waiting near Soledad all dark!!!!!!!, but had hit traffic and got slowed up as we both passed that trap.

But this weekend 2015,
The Paddock was just eye candy (and the Corrals, and Vendor area had great stuff also) and I shot 8GB of pictures including roughly 5 minutes of track video. And I still haven't sorted the 2011 stuff yet.

Highlights of my weekend, were those Sunday races. The fields had such a variety of classes made up of Vintage and Modern, it was interesting to watch. How does a 962 stack up to a modern Spyder racer! How the Falken and Flying Lizard cars compared to old school speed! How the Turbo 935's would run against each other, and how they were tuned (risk the boost for the show and thrill) running in a race that included tons of normally aspirated etc. So on a number of cars driven, after seeing their 935's passed by normally aspirated cars, they should put them up for sale and go buy a Prius's or Smart cars! So much to watch, so many cars on the track, my neck was sore, and I gave myself a headache trying to process what I was seeing! It was awesome!!!!! Seeing what was the fastest non-turbo cars there, etc. etc. etc. which is my passion (the RSR's). The mostly former LeMans parade of cars on Sunday-- I wanted that Silver modern Turbo to crash (sorry!) or get the hell out of the way of the 1998 GT1, the DML Spyder, the 936, and the 956, but they did have older stuff out there at the same time, and people without helmets unfortunately, etc..The GT1 car was trapping at 138mph following that aggravating pace car, but being such a historical car, was never allowed to run a true lap in anger!! And I was impressed because the stock turbo surprisingly as it was being a road obstacle trapped at 116 mph after being pushed on from behind. Even though butt uglier even up close, the fastest clocking up the straight was the 919 Lemans racers at 157mph, where the also butt ugly DML Spyder racer wasn't anywhere near that in the traps, but lapped the quickest in the 1:20 zone. I also tried my best to talk my way in to shoot a shot of the red version of the 919 racer, but that was only in the area for the people that are special! Porsche gets a demerit just solely on that one car only, because for the rest-- they were totally accessible! Parked all of them, except the one- so the common man could get some bonding time! Canepa had a lousy weekend. That is rare! I like his style and driving! Would have been all the better if he could have lasted, but makes me wonder if that was due to having to really push those cars hard, based on the competition level.

PS seeing any 917 version is always a treat, and a 917/30 and three Gulf colored cars and a long tail were run hard (well maybe not the 917/30- but it was cool seeing little burst of speed here and there). My biggest complaint of this weekend and similar style events will always be the same- being the way that some of these great cars not on special display get parked, so you just can't get a respectful photo angle on them. And the other issues is that some of the race teams have them parked all disassembled and immediately reassemble the body panels just prior to the race, and then take them immediately off again with people all over them before you can get good pictures. I am as good as getting these filmed as anyone, and I just had to use all of my skill to caught some of these cars as best as I could, and just had to outright ask some of the Teams for a chance to get the car photographed using my best compliments and at times rudeness! The Heritage tent, was fantastic and they parked them, very photographer friendly! The garage cars, also I was able to get those famous ones in the shutter! The most entertaining thing this weekend was watching all of the married men chasing the Momo girls etc. through the paddock preventing a non-obstructed view! The thing I sucked at this weekend other than giving up on waiting for truly ugly people to get out of the camera shot I was planning, was spotting all of the famous people. I should have looked at how old they were getting during the autograph sessions (because don't old guys all look alike), so if I by chance saw them wondering around later, I could first recognize them, and maybe get a picture or bother them for one more autograph. I do think that Mark Webber honestly does like Americans! He seemed to be everywhere, like if there were a few Mark Webber clones running around the event!

Porsche really did a first class job! Any true enthusiast should have been beaming with utter enjoyment and pride after attending this fine event. I will also throw a few of my favorite pictures up, when I get a chance.

I did marvel as to where all of the Corral cars had went on Sunday. Some areas were still filled, but the older cars-- over half of those never came back for Sunday! The real crowded day in the general event was Saturday, but the Porsche display area was fully packed the most on Sunday. The Porsches in general parking matched the number of non-Porsche spectator cars driven to the event. So it was truly an enthusiast weekend.

And lastly, do not eat a Frog Dog (the Event's Sponsored food item or whatever). It should be banned from any future events!!!! I took one bite and wasn't excited about it! I threw most of the breaded wrapping part in the trash immediately. If you liked them, then you must have some French DNA! Yuck!

[flyn-hawn]

Originally Posted by FastCarFan

I attended my 3rd consecutive Rennsport Reunion this weekend. They have all been fantastic events - every Porsche nut NEEDS to go. It is indescribably amazing.

During Saturday's 919 demonstration laps the car hit 149/150 mph at the Mother's bridge. A guy we talked to has been coming to Laguna Seca for many years, & he said that is by far the highest speed he's ever seen there. I think he said 137 or so was the highest previous speed he'd seen. I think they said he was hitting 155 before the Andretti hairpin.

It was very cool to see the 919 at speed, & up close in the Porsche factory display. Does anyone know who was driving it for Saturday's demo laps? They probably announced it but we couldn't hear. I saw Mark Webber there, but I know other LeMans drivers were there too. I'm just curious who we were watching.

Thanks.

I talked with one of the mechanics that was over from the UK and he said the 919 was only running the internal combustion engine and none of the hybrid systems. Can only imagine what speeds it would hit running on full song. He was super cool and informative, and helped me with picking up signatures from quite a few drivers that I may have missed on my own.

The event was amazing, amazing, amazing! Being able to see so many friends that I don't get to see that often and the new friends I made and hopefully get to become closer with made for a very memorable experience. Being able to approach and talk to some of the people that are legends in all of motorsport not only Porsche, Wow, just amazing.

Of all the cars that ran I liked the sound of the works 991 the best, from anywhere in the whole venue you knew when that car was on the track.

ps
To everyone that signed my wagon a great big Mahalo! that thing is going on the wall of fame!

Kenny, Dave, Brad awesome weekend

[mrm930]

thanks for posting - very nice pics

however - magnus has no right to sign the gulf blue pull wagon with the type of others signing. How is he even considered with that group?

[algs911]

My 13 y.o. Son (Eli) and I went down on Friday for the festivities on Sat and Sun. Magnus W. was setting up, but introduced himself to Eli, gave him a bunch of stuff and talked with him a little. If my love of Porsches (and ownership) wasn't enough, Magnus sealed the deal with Eli. Totally cool!

My bro-in-law (Doug, resident 914 nut case) said it best, "At the Historics I spend a lot of time walking around looking for the really cool stuff. Here at Rennsport EVERYTHING is totally cool." How true.

There were too many best parts, for sure. For me it was seeing the love of the marque being impressed on Eli. He's now looking for his first Porsche, a 914 fixer upper. He wants to buy a project and spend a couple of years fixing it up. Perfect!

Porsche is so great about letting their enthusiasts get so close to their priceless cars. It really builds love for the brand and gains a lot of respect.

Al

[paulmose]

I kinda overdid it, so it will take me a bit to get pics tweaked and posted, I returned from Cali and hit the ground running assignment-wise. I'll share a link soon as I can.

It was insane, fantastic, incredible, well....you get it.

Paul

[group911@aol.co]

Saw the Gulf 917 #2 hit 144- not bad for 40 yo technology- same with the Neseki 962 and the DHL Spyder hit 146.

Originally Posted by FastCarFan

I attended my 3rd consecutive Rennsport Reunion this weekend. They have all been fantastic events - every Porsche nut NEEDS to go. It is indescribably amazing.

During Saturday's 919 demonstration laps the car hit 149/150 mph at the Mother's bridge. A guy we talked to has been coming to Laguna Seca for many years, & he said that is by far the highest speed he's ever seen there. I think he said 137 or so was the highest previous speed he'd seen. I think they said he was hitting 155 before the Andretti hairpin.

It was very cool to see the 919 at speed, & up close in the Porsche factory display. Does anyone know who was driving it for Saturday's demo laps? They probably announced it but we couldn't hear. I saw Mark Webber there, but I know other LeMans drivers were there too. I'm just curious who we were watching.

Thanks.

[Gib Bosworth]

The Porsche 'Godfather' of the very successful racing program in the 70s...Norbert Singer talking with American LeMans driver Darren Law (blue shirt sleeves), and with another famous driver (don't know who) next to a 73 RSR (one of his babies) in the special Porsche display area under a canopy.

[TCracingCA]

For you ladies, take your shirt to Home Depot and they can color match the paint!


For small parts runs to Pelican!


For large parts runs to Pelican!


When the Pelican parts won't fix it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


This phrase summed up the whole weekend for most cars and their drivers!


What it was like prior to inflation level gas prices!.


So many cars to keep track of, that this one was placed in a corner of the event and forgotten!


The effects of the ban on tobacco sponsorship!


Poster or real car photo?


Porsche Motorized Small Change Sorter!

[TCracingCA]

Before the TV show got a hold of it!


After the TV show finished (windshield chopped and it got chromed)


Mark Webber's foot Saturday- he did the whole interview with foot in this position on the spoiler?


As Sunday rolled around, these grid filling racers were ready to fill vacated starting positions!


Immortalizing the event, just prior to the big crash!


For those builders, that are mentally parts challenged or visually impaired needing large print!


I really didn't want to do it, but I just had to call Monterey code enforcement about what was on the Lawn!


Latinos as a group, turn out some fine work! Someone show this to Donald Trump! i could have been even funnier on this one, but kept it in good taste and decided not to tease them on the hydraulics or that the rims were getting sent out for gold plating!


Enthusiast failed to take advantage of having their purchases shipped and delivered anywhere around the track in a minute and twenty something seconds, so the delivery car just kept circling!


My lunch on Saturday, just hoping I could find a clean porta potty on Sunday! And yes for the lettuce, that is world famous mayonnaise and ketchup salad dressing in the early stages of preparation!