Pano Rennsport 1
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
,=*---.-*-- -JTrrt :, { aa t ) il l '{ PEIFI-EH- PA\IOH/AIVLA PoRscxr PlHoRlmn The ollicial magazine ol the Porsche Glub ol America 912 Lullwaler Boad, Atlanta, cA 30307 Tel: 404/378-9823; Fax: 4041377 -7041 [email protected] Editor-in-Ghiel: Betty Jo Turner Creative Director: Allen Lane Ghiel Photographer: Leonard Turner Photography: Bill Warner, Hal Crocker Technical Editor: Allan Caldwell Technical Editor Emeritus: Roger Chaney Senior Editon Joe Rusz Gontributing Editors: Bruce Anderson, Linda Goodman, Bob Gutjahr, Caryl Hatch, Prescott Kelly, Bill 0ursler, Robert C. Rassa European Edilor: Michael Cotton About Membership Gunent members: Contact the PCA National Office, P. 0. Box 5900, Springfield. VA,22150, 703/451-9000, www.pca.org. New members: Contact Judy Hendrickson, 603/881 -7576. dh993@aol,com or the PCA National Office, P. 0. Box 5900. Springfield, VA. 221 50, 7 031 451 -9000, wwvr, pca.org P0RSCHE PANoRA[,IA, TREFFEN and PCA CLua Rrc Ne are trademarks reg- istered in the U.S. Patent office. Dr. lng. h.c. F. Porsche AG is the ex- clusive owner of the registered trademarks P0RSCHE. the P0RSCHE CREST, CARRERA and TARGA and their use requires permission from Porsche AG. Unauthorized use of these marks is a violation of U.S. trademark law and may subject the user to prosecution and liability, . The ideas, opinions and suggesti0ns expressed in regard to technical subjects are those of the authors and n0 authentication is implied by the editors or publishers. Modifications within the warranty period may void the warranty. PoRscHE PANoBAMA and the Porsche Club of America, Inc., have not authenticated all claims and guarantees as 0f- lered by advertisers in this magazine and cannot assume liability for any products 0r services advertised herein. Editorial office is at 912 or three glorious clal's at the end of July, Lime Lullwater Rd., Atlanta, GA 30307. Communications regarding sub- Rock Park, in the scenic northwest corner of scriptions, mailing address, back copies or PCA otficial business Connecticut, became the center ofthe Porsche should be addressed to PCA Executive office, P.0. Box 5900, racing pressure-filled Springlield, VA22150 0r use the General C0rrespondence 0r Change universe. Ancl unlike a of Address forms at www.pca.org. Change of address notices should racing u,eekend, this one was purely for fun be sent promptly; provide old as well as new address, include postal and love of the marque. The inaugural Rennsport zip code. lf possible, attach address label from a recent issue. Do not Reunion was the largest gathering of Porsche race send address changes t0 the Panorama Editorial 0ffice. cars and drivers in one place ever and even though the See us on the worldwide web at www.pca.org 1998 Porsche 50th anniversary celebrations at Monterey and Watkins Glen were fabulous, they 4/PORSCHE PANORAMA Reality check-neoer together on a track in their prime, the factory's 917130 002 and. Matt Drendel's 004 were a highlight of Rennsport Reunion. The 1100-hp Can-Am spAders represent the pinnacle of917 deoelopment, --"-1:-:. f lile7I;ril,ft i1',*rji;;88 E ztrl cd D F z o ta .Fl - -ilchr't compare in sheer numbers of Porsche race Redman's Intercontinental Events were to handle :-.1 S dhcl clrivers. overall organizing, with Brian's son James as race di- In fact, the Watkins Glen 50/50 event had so im- rector and Dennis Fhick (Prescott Kelly assisting) in r'rssecl Polsche Cars North America that in the sum- charge of concours judging. rrr:1' of 2000 they contacted Brian Redman, who had And what's the connection between Porsche and :..irr-.ag€cl that event, about the possibility of organiz- Lime Rock? As the Rennsport program described: .r'.r this grand reunion. During the winter, a date was "History recalls that Lake Underwood, in a Porsche . ..ucl on the Lime Rock calendar (one that is usually a Carrera, was one of ten race winners in the first event - ::necticnt Valtey Region driver education weekend) held at Lime Rock on April 28, L957. Since then, the ,.:',,i plarlning got underway. PCNA and Brian circuit has witnessed some of the greatest cars and ocToBER,2001/5 Anot her sp ace-time di sc on- nect: legendary Porsche race engineer Norbert Sing er aboard a Porsche Formula II single seater from 1960, Singer, the man responsible for racers from the Cartera BSR to the 9561962 and 911 GTl, came to Porsche long after the F2 era. zr'l F eQ z a "t Hurley Haywood (left) h'eats Denise )IcCluggage to a lap around Lime Rock in the Brumos 91110 Can- Am spgder. Later the two driuers joined 28 other Porsche pilots in a marathon autograph sessioz. drivers to ever carry the Porsche name. Flom Bob Gunnar Jeanette, and, representing legendary drivers Holbert and Roger Penske in 550 RSKs to Sam Posey Mark Donahue and Steve McQueen, their sons David in a 904GTS, to Peter Gregg in his dominant RSRs, and Michael Donahue and Chad McQueen. Sam Posey 934s, and 935s, to Al Holbert and Rob Dyson in their paid a visit on Fliday but had to spend Saturday and famous 962s, to the present day GTls and GT3Rs, Sunday doing the German Grand Prix coverage for Porsche sports cars have always risen to the unique Speedvision. challenges of Lime Rock's demanding 1.53-mile road Flom the factory there was Head of Work's Sport course." and Operations, Norbert Singer (responsible for de- The list of drivers, journalists, and factory folks in velopment of the Carrera RS/RSR coupes, the Tirrbo attendance reads like a who's who of Porschedom. For Carrera RSR, the 934 and 935, the 956/962 and the 911 drivers we had (in no particular order), Roger Penske, GTl); Klaus Bischof, today in charge of the Porsche Hurley Haywood, Brian Redman, Jacky Ickx, George Museum and formerly afactoty mechanic on the 908s Folmer, Vic Elford, Derek Bell, Rob Dyson, Paul and 917s; Manfred Jantke, Porsche Competition Newman, Elliott Forbes-Robinson, Bob Garretson, Manager from 1972 -1982; and Harm LaGaay, current Jim Busby, David Murry, Wayne Bake4 Milt Minter, chief designer. Joining them were PCNA President Bob Garretson, Chip Robinson, Bruce Leven, Mike and CEO Fled Schwab (co-grand marshall) and Alwin Fitzgerald, Davy Jones, Joe Btzzetta, Tony Springer, President of Porsche Motorsport North Adamowicz, Bob Akin, Vic Skirmants, Joe Cogbiil, America. And we had guest journalists including 6/PORSCHE PANORAMA Six-time In Mans winner Jacley lckx, at Lime Rock for the first time, demon- strated the 935 "Baby" on Friday and the F2 open-wheeler on Saturday. Honorary Co-Grand Marshall Leon Mandel, publisher of Autoweek; Tom Bryant, editor in chief of Rol"d, and Track; reknowned publisher of. Speed-Sport News Chris Economaki; long-time journalist and race car driver Denise McCluggage; and, of course, our own Porsche tractors included a two-cUlinder Standard belonging to Mike Amalfitano andthe one-cylin- Betty Jo and Leonard Turner from Ponscns der Junior owned. by Roy Walzer. PANonAuL, as v/ell as Pelloneltds new senior editor Joe Rusz. And then there were the cars-oh ...my. .. god. The &?ORSCHE PANORAMA Puul Neu,nran, wlto finislted second ooerull and won the IMSA GTX class at Le Mans in 1979 in a 935, talks cars u,ith Roger Penske. Newman droue a llrurnos 914 in the Reunion Gmiind Cup race. , 1 i\ zE cd F a z, l,l An autontotiu e C arnelot: Porsche's first Le Mans u,inner (917 #23, today ou'ned bg Dr. Julio Palntaz), the "Hippie" 917 (#3;) and a 906 (#30) purk in a tent city ofex- otic Porsches. t i6 I r''.- blought over eight of its most significant i'ace Boxstel S anci tl'rat's a $175 part." Missing in action ... inclucling the Gmiincl coupe based 1951 Le Mans was the factoi'r, Rotl.rman's 962 that \ ''as damaged in .:r: F(rl'rrllla 2 cat', a 3568 2000 GS/GI a 90,1/8, the tlansit allcl dicin't make it to the track. But, not to be - :ll 1100 hp Can-Am spycler built in 197i1 for Mark lett out, there u,ei'e tu,o Porsche-Diesel tlactols, a . :-.r,re. tire 935 Baby, a 936, a Porsche WSC Sp"vderi Stanclalrl (tu-o-cylincler belonging to Mike Amaifitano) :. !t11 GTl. They also blougl.rt a GT1 street cai; a and a Jlulior' (one-cylinciel belonging to Roy Walzer:) .. -i',rce1'\-gettet One PCA nrembeii peeling into Theil use became evlclent lr,hen Blian Reclman di'ove . iT1 cockpit u.as hearcl to i'ernalk, "The tr-rlr.r sig- the Junioi' alonncl the pacldock Satulday morning -.:'.,i tindsl.rielcl uipel stalk ai'e the same as on lnl tolrir.rg a 1ove1y r'r,ooclen-r'ailed ti'ailel rnith Hurley L)('TORE R. 20011'9 Some 80 Porsche Club Racers prouided the excitement of contemporarg competition, racing fot'the Weissach, Arnage and Salzburg Cups. x zrl] D F A z a j \r -- Aboce, Manfi'ed Jantke, for- mer Porsche PR and competi- tion manager, with Porsche Chief Designer Harm Lagaay. Left, Brian Redman, whose I nterconti nental E u ent s te am staged. Rennsport Reunion, in the cockpit of a 90813-famil- iar territory for this Targa Florio winner. Ha1'wood perched on one side, in his driving suit, pass- the official program, but ther"e were many others. ing out bags of ice to any participants who were in While a few of these cars wer"e for display-only almost need.