PCA—The PCA Club Racing Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport Trophy East series wrapped up its second successful event with an exciting finish during the 80-minute endurance race Sunday during the PCA Mardi Gras Cup 2016 at NOLA Motorsports Park in Avondale, Louisiana. Read More
PCA—Porsche Club of America's newest event, Treffen North America starts this September with Treffen Lake Tahoe, Sept. 7-11. The website is now live and contains the information about upcoming and future Treffen's. Registration dates will be announced in a future
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PCA—In this issue, dive into details of the new 718 Boxster and Boxster S in "Back to 4," by Barry Winfield. In "Chiffon," by Pablo DeFerrari, learn the story of a member's Chiffon White 928S with insanely low miles. Read a discussion with GT road car boss Andreas Preuninger and Pete Stout in "R," about the 911R and shifting priorities at Porsche's GT car department. A member's 1962 356,
featured in "Jewel," by Ted West, has just over 25,000 miles and was restored to original condition. A former Hollywood director opts for European delivery of his Boxster S, and road trips from Germany to Africa in "No Reservations," by Laura Burstein. Mark Titterton, a longtime owner of a Guards Red '69 Targa, won a 2015 911 Targa in PCA's Spring Member Only Raffle and tells his story in "Tale of Two Targas."
PCA—It's that time of year again folks: The Spring Member Only Raffle is now open! Members have a choice between the new 718 Boxster S or the Macan GTS should they buy a winning ticket. All entries submitted by the June 1 deadline will be accepted.
Porsche Design via PCA—Porsche Design is introducing a racy reinterpretation of the iconic sunglasses with interchangeable lenses it created in 1978. Sold more than 9 million times since the launch of the P’8478 sunglasses and a favorite among celebrities, this model is one of the most successful classics of Porsche Design.
PCA Web Store—Chemistry class would have been so much fun! Porsche logo on back with PCA logo on sleeve | 4.3 oz. 100% combed ring-spun cotton jersey |$32 with free shipping.
PCA—The tradition of memorable sports car racing continues at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca with the Continental Monterey Grand Prix powered by Mazda featuring the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (WTSC).
PCA and Porsche Cars North America (PCNA) will again host our annual Porscheplatz during the
WTSC races. Porscheplatz dates are April 30 – May 1, 2016.
Click the link below for full details and the schedule, plus special events taking place on Sunday: PCA Café, Team Forum, Live Painting and Auction
PCA—Phase 2: Event
Registration: Event Registration is open to PCA members. Everyone attending Parade will need to participate in Phase 2 Event Registration to select their meals and activities for the week.
SportsCar 365—Nick
Tandy steered clear of an incident between the race leaders with just minutes left on the clock and drove the N0. 911 Porsche North America Porsche 911 RSR to the GTLM class victory in Saturday’s Bubba Burger Sports Car Grand Prix on the Long Beach street circuit.
PCA—On Thursday Discovery channel will premiere "Porsche 911: An Icon in Evolution" on Thursday at 10 PM, a half-hour program that delves into the differences between the 991-1 generation Carrera and the revised turbocharged 991-2 911. Tommy Kendall hosts, while Porsche Factory Driver Patrick Long, Indy Champion Danny Sullivan, and racer/TV personality Justin Bell join in on the fun along with two Porsche Club of America
members.
Road & Track—"Honestly a 4cyl doesnt ever belong in a porsche, I mean why would people pay all that money to hear a 4cyl lawnmower ..."
This is, unedited, the first comment on my first Instagram post from my test drive of the new 2017 Porsche 718 Boxster. It's a big story, this
car and its four-cylinder turbo motor.
The Guardian—That the racing at the opening round of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship would be intense was never in doubt; the ultimate result of the meeting, however, proved more elusive.
Black Flag via Jalopnik—Modern endurance races have gotten a bit of a reputation as “really long sprint races” due to the reliability of the cars and the skill of the drivers. Just kidding! Only one of each manufacturer LMP1-class prototype remained in contention for the win in the last hour of the 6 Hours of Silverstone.
Road & Track—Dan Gurney's achievements in motorsports and engineering are so numerous, moments that would define another's career are registered as small blips in the incredible life of Gurney. Today is his 85th birthday, so to celebrate, we're going to take a look at his performance at the 1962 French Grand Prix, his first F1 victory and Porsche's sole F1 victory.
Yahoo! Autos—Porsche never built a drop-top version of its first supercar, the legendary 959, but as the saying goes, where there's a will and a wrecked Porsche, there's a way. One German shop decided to turn a crunched 1987 959 into a cabriolet, and now it's for sale at a dealership in Italy. The price? Reportedly, a little over $1.1 million.
PCA—Porsche Club of America (PCA) welcomes all Porsche clubs, owners, and enthusiasts to the third annual PCA Werks Reunion to be held Friday, August 19, during the world-famous Monterey Car Week on California s Monterey Peninsula.
Jalopnik—As much as I love Porsches, there’s always been something off about the Panamera. It’s basically the Hunchback of Notre Dame in car form. “They should have just made it a wagon!” I’ve said. Now I have a new reason to kick myself: the spy shots of the new wagon version look oddly proportioned,
too.
MultiBriefs—Downtown Thomasville, Georgia, is a dreamy historic village with brick streets and family-owned businesses operating from storefronts circa early 20th century. A recent Saturday monthly sidewalk sale on Broad Street had attracted a pleasant society strolling under lush trees and eating ice cream cones as temperatures hovered in the mid-70s beneath a satin blue sky.
Road & Track—With the benefit of forced induction, four-cylinders are replacing their six- and eight-cylinder counterparts faster than ever. Automakers are in an arms race to produce more and more powerful fours, and the results can be pretty absurd.
The New York Times—When Porsche added the Cayenne sport utility vehicle to its lineup in 2003, loyalists reacted as if Beelzebub himself would ride in to usher in doomsday. Funny how it became the best-selling vehicle the company makes.
Bloomberg—Lawsuits filed by hundreds of Porsche SE investors over the company’s use of complex financial instruments in 2008 before its failed takeover of Volkswagen AG will be combined under a special procedure to handle some large civil cases in Germany.
PCA—Want to get published in PCA.org and e-Brake News and be part of the new, volunteer-fueled PCA Media Gruppe? Send us your original PCA or Porsche-related content and we'll consider it for publication. Contact Editor Damon Lowney at damonl@pca.org with submissions and story ideas, and he will help with writing and editing as
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Porsche of the Week
Photo by Justin Rains. Redwood Region. “My 1979 911 SC photographed in the Northern California Wine Country outside of Healdsburg.”
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