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PCA—This very original 1971 Porsche 911S was found by my friend George’s wife, Susan. She stumbled across it and figured it would make a great birthday surprise for George.
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Raffle, the grand prize is a brand-new 992-generation Porsche 911 Carrera S plus $25,000 in cash. And the best part is that we will likely be giving away more than one grand prize! After the initial 8,500 entries, another Grand Prize will be added for every additional 4,500 entries sold. Raffle entries are $50 (USD) each.
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| | PCA—Join us at the Porsche Club of America Car Corral for the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear at the Raceway at Belle Isle Park, Detroit Michigan, May 31-June 1, 2019. The event will feature the cars of the NTT IndyCar Series, the IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship, and the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli. At the PCA Car Corral
Hospitality Tent you can enjoy a cool beverage and watch the racing on our live feed TV monitor. We will also have “Meet and Greet” Porsche teams and driver visits, paddock tours, and raffles. (including a raffle for an IMSA “Hot Pit” Experiences) Kick start your race day on Saturday at the PCA Café with some coffee and donuts, and some special guest appearances.
The PCA Car Corral Hospitality Tent is open to PCA members and Porsche owners with your general race admission ticket.. Just be sure to bring your PCA membership card or proof of Porsche ownership (key, insurance paper etc.).
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| | Motor Trend—In the same way that water is wet, the Porsche 911 Carrera is a performance car. Opt for the S version, and things get even quicker and sportier. Go for the GTS, and the car becomes spicier. Enter the GT3. Built by Porsche Motorsports, the same folks who develop and construct the race cars, the GT3 is truly a next-level performer. Hate the
3.0-liter turbocharged flat-six and bunched-up seven-speed manual on the "regular" 911? So, too, does Andy Preuninger and the rest of his Flacht-based crew. That's why the GT3 has a screaming mimi of a 9,000-rpm 4.0-liter naturally aspirated boxer-six that makes 500 horsepower and a race-derived, brass-bushing six-speed manual. Andy and his team feel the GT3 can barely cross the street by itself, so they built the GT3 RS.
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Motorweek—When we get a press release from Porsche that starts with “less weight, more performance”, it doesn’t take long for us to click open and start reading. Much like it doesn’t take long for this 911 Carrera T to get around a 2-mile road course like Roebling Road Raceway near Savannah, Georgia.
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PCA—Porsche Parade week has over 20 tours available that are fun for the whole family. Visit the Parade Website, pick out your driving tours, and get ready to Boca!
Parade Registration is open! Register today, or modify your existing registration to add events. Registration closes June 23.
Porsche Parade, the ultimate PCA experience. See you in Florida!
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PCA—Parade Boca Raton pre-sale merchandise will be available for purchase online at www.ParadeStore.org until May 31. There will be T-shirts, polos, jackets, and hats embroidered with the Porsche Parade Boca Raton logo. Orders will be shipped prior to Parade (by mid-June). Please note: Pre-Sale merchandise offered
will not be available for sale at Parade.
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| | Motor1—Motorsport Magazine has shared a YouTube video of a drag race nobody asked for – a McLaren Senna facing off against a Porsche 911 GT2 RS. "It's got to be no contest – after all, the McLaren costs over three times as much as the Porsche, right?"
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Petrolicious—There have been many iconic racing Porsches over the years, yet to many the early 550 Spyders still remain the most desirable of them all. They may not have been the first models to be entered into a racing event by Porsche, that honor belongs to the 1951 356 Light Metal Coupe, but they were the first
Porsches specifically designed for motor racing and they laid the groundwork for future racing cars while achieving some spectacular results in the process.
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| | Motor1—There are very few places in the world where someone can legally open the throttle and push a vehicle's speed to an absolute limit, but the runway at the Johnny Bohmer Proving Grounds in Merritt Island, Florida, is one of them. In this video, a Porsche 911 GT2 RS proves whether the factory-rated top speed of 211 miles per hour (340 kilometers per hour) is
really accurate.
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PCA—Its F1 time again in Austin, Texas. And yes, the stars at night are big and bright deep in the heart of Texas. PCA Hill Country Region (HCR) has worked with Circuit of the Americas (COTA) to provide an exclusive ticket offer for PCA members planning to attend the Formula 1 U.S. Grand Prix, November 1 –
3, 2019 at COTA, Austin, Texas.
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PorshaScreens—Almost routine when purchasing a used Porsche is selecting a specialty shop to perform a full Pre-Purchase Inspection (PPI). In November, my selected low-mileage 2001 996 C2 passed with solid history and a clean bill of health. The only item noted was that it ran a bit warm even though it was early winter.
As a cursory check the thermostat was replaced with no difference in operation. This problem was not to be ignored, but what's causing it? One way to tell is to get to the cooling components (radiators, condensers) to observe what might be a hint. Easier said than done.
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| | CarBuzz—Porsche is expected to reveal the finished, production version of its forthcoming Taycan at the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show this September. That's still nearly half a year from now. So what's an eagerly awaiting, tree-hugging Porschephile to do in the meantime?
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PCA—The rules and regulations set forth herein are the Parade Competition Rules, known as the PCRs. The purpose of the PCRs is to provide for the orderly conduct of all official and unofficial competitive events of the Porsche Parade and to make provisions for participant and spectator safety. Fairness to and among
competitors is the goal of the PCRs.
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Autocar—Porsche is developing a fully electric 718 Boxster and 718 Cayman that will be launched by 2022 – and is considering offering them alongside mild-hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions of the current cars.
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| | Petrolicious—If you mingle in certain circles or spend enough time on car sites or Instagram then you might think of a 911 as pretty ho-hum, nothing to write home or an article about. The air-cooled 911 market in particular has been discussed to death, everyone and their mum’s already talked at length about how the car has evolved since the mid 1960s, and
in the quest to stand out from the Cars & Coffee crowds we’re now seeing many a shark-jumping build—all respect to individual tastes, but it’s only a matter of time before someone decides a “safari” 992 is a good idea.
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3D Printing Industry—Weerg, an online 3D printing and CNC service provider, has announced Porsche technician Benjamin Nenert as the winner of its 2019 3D Printing Project Award. Nenert’s project of a vehicle component for the Porsche 928 was awarded the top prize by Weerg for the second edition of its 3D printing
competition that opened in April, which consists of a €500 ($558) Weerg coupon.
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| | Automobile—The road to four- and five-passenger Porsches traces back a lot longer than you may think, as the company revisited the idea with some regularity starting in the 1950s. Yet it took until 2009 for the first Porsche sedan to hit production in the form of the Panamera. (Of course, a more capacious Porsche had already launched in 2002 in the form of
the Cayenne SUV.) The final car was based on three concepts called the Mirage, Meteor, and Phantom, and internally the project was known as “G1.” Some 235,000 examples have been built over the last decade, but none of them may have happened if it weren’t for the groundwork laid by the cars listed here.
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autoevolution—Whether you're a pro or an amateur, the Nurburgring has plenty of traps coming your way. And one of the most difficult to escape involves the weather. The atmospheric conditions at the Green Hell are the definition of "capricious", so, for instance, it's not uncommon for the infamous German track to be hit
by occasional snowfalls in April.
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| | Auto Express via YouTube—Performance SUVs are a big thing just now with many new models entering the market and trying to grab a piece of the action. We've got three of them together to see which one is quickest in a standing half-mile drag race. Will it be the 2.9-litre twin turbo V6 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio, the 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 Porsche Cayenne
Turbo or the 6.0-litre twin-turbo W12 Bentley Bentayga? Only one way to find out...
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Motor1—Exactly a week ago, we saw the Porsche 911 Turbo Cabrio testing around the Nurburgring and the prototype was looking quite fast around the corners. Today, we can take another look at a trial car on the Green Hell with the only difference being that this time we have a hardtop vehicle.
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| | Hagerty—There’s a lot more to Paul Newman than Butch Cassidy, Cool Hand Luke, and salad dressing. The award-winning actor was also a film director, a political activist, and philanthropist, and had some serious talent behind the wheel of a race car. Not just a movie star who strolled in and bought some seat time, Newman won four SCCA championships and
finished second at Le Mans. He even took a class win at the 24 Hours of Daytona a week after his 70th birthday.
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HighSnobiety—LVMH luxury menswear house Berluti has crafted a custom leather interior for Porsche‘s classic 911 S Targa sportscar, and as you can see in the gallery above, the result is next-level luxury.
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Autocar—Porsche is understood to be developing two-door coupé and cabrio versions of the Panamera designed to rival the BMW 8 Series and Aston Martin Vantage.
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| | PCARMARKET, the 24/7 online Porsche auction is quickly becoming one of the most efficient ways to buy and sell Porsches. From a 1979 930 Turbo to a 996 Carrera 4S, the array of cars are sure to grab your attention and are available for purchase at your fingertips. The Porsche community now has a way to create urgency around selling their car, while providing bidders with real market pricing. PCARMARET has
eliminated the stress of buying and selling cars while at the same time, implementing an excitement factor. Sell your Porsche, register to bid, and watch the action on pcarmarket.com
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F1i.com—Porsche ambassador Mark Webber says he would be open to an opportunity to get involved with the manufacturer's Formula E squad in the future.
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Motor1—Work on Porsche’s first-ever all-electric production model continues as new spy photos provide the best look at the Taycan and its design so far. The shots come from our friends at TaycanForum and allow us to finally see the design of the headlights and taillights.
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| | Motorsport.com—Volkswagen's I.D. R electric prototype turned its first practice laps of the Nurburgring Nordschleife on Thursday ahead of its planned electric lap record attempt at the famed German circuit.
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Racer—Talks between the NTT IndyCar Series and German auto manufacturer Porsche regarding a future engine supply agreement have come to light.
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duPont Registry—Driver’s manuals are important to many different kinds of people. There are collectors and owners who rely on these for very specific information. Many collectors who just love the cars buy these manuals as keepsakes, even if they don’t own the car the manuals reference. Porsche knows just how important
these manuals can be and have gone to great lengths to preserve manuals that date all the way back to 1952.
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| | PCA—To celebrate 70 years of Porsche, the world’s greatest sports car, Porsche Design has created a timepiece exclusively for Porsche Club of America (PCA) members: the Chronograph 70Y Sportwagen PCA Edition. Strictly limited to only 70 timepieces worldwide, this masterpiece pays tribute to the passion, commitment and camaraderie of PCA members, as well as the
legendary Chronograph I, the first-ever timepiece developed by Porsche Design.
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PCA—Want to get published in PCA.org and e-Brake News and be part of the 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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Griot's Garage partners with PCA for e-Brake Photo of the Week contest
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| | PCA—Griot's Garage is sponsoring our Porsche Photo of the Week
contest. Winners will receive a Griot's Garage Concours Lawn Kit, a $99.99 value. We will also randomly award a PotW voter each month a PFM Speed Shine Kit, a $28.99 value. All you have to do is cast a vote for your favorite Porsche photo.
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Photo by Michael Landry. Metropolitan New York Region. "I picked up my first Porsche, a
new 718 Cayman GTS, at the Atlanta Porsche Experience Center, and my girlfriend and I began a long road trip (1,400 miles) back to NYC. The attached photo was taken in the gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountains, along the Blue Ridge Parkway. We also drove the Tail of the Dragon, a stretch of road with 318 curves in just 11 miles."
Got a stunning shot you want to share? Submit your pictures to potw@pca.org. Be sure to include your contact information, your region name, and a few sentences about your picture.
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