Watch The Crash That Took The Lead Porsche & Corvette Out Of Contention At Sebring + 13

Published: Tue, 03/22/16

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Watch A New Porsche Get Built in 120 Seconds
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A few weeks ago the folks at Donut Media brought us the Evolution of the Porsche 911 in 90 seconds. Now comes their second video hoping to play off the success of the first. In it, we watch footage from the Porsche factory in Stuttgart as various Porsches are assembled. The footage is overlaid with a myriad of Porsche facts that may or may not be new to you. The video itself is quite satisfying in the way it's cut and reassembled to the underlying audio track. The video's title, on the other hand, is a bit misleading as we're really seeing bits and pieces of footage from a number of different videos sped up and spliced together. A+ for effort but not sure it will be the viral hit their first video was. What do you think?


Patrick Long Explains The Importance of Proper Heel-Toe Shifting
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We're on to the 3rd installment of the driver training part of Porsche's Driving Challenge contest.  In today's lesson Patrick takes contest winners Jack and Elvin through the importance of Heel-Toe Shifting. This really isn't a lesson on how to Heel-Toe as that simply takes practice more than anything else. Instead, Patrick walk us through why heel-toe shifting is important and how downshifting better, smoother and properly will make you faster and is more important that quick up-shifts. In addition, our two winners get to try their skills and compare them against the 911 R's "blip" feature found in Sports mode. See how they do in this post.

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Pow! Holy Cayman, Batman! Adam West is Selling His Porsche
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The Porsche 356s of Amelia Island
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For the fourth year in-a-row the assignment of documenting the Porsche class on Amelia Island was handled by our very own T.J. Kessler. T.J. is a Senior at Lakeside High School in Atlanta. His love of photography and his knowledge of Porsche comes naturally. He is the son of Lynn and Tom Kessler, owners of a 1974 911 Carrera, and the grandson of Betty Jo and Leonard Turner who for more than 40 years were the moving forces behind Porsche Panorama Magazine. Take a look at T.J.'s work and the "rare" Porsche 356s found on the field at the Amelia Island Concours.
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The Last Turn - A 50-Year Look Back
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With the 64th running of the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring in the history books it seemed appropriate to take a look back in history at previous races.  With that in mind Porsche photographer extraordinaire Leonard Turner found the picture you see above in his archives. Featuring a Porsche 906 and a driver who pushed his own car to the grid, this picture was snapped on one of the darkest days in Sebring's long and storied history.  For the full story about this 906, the driver and the events of that day, check out Leonard's latest installment of "The Last Turn". 
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Take A Walk Around The Black Swan 991 GT3 R With Patrick Long
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Take a tour of Porsche's new 911 GT3 R with factory driver Patrick Long as he explains the new-for-2016 aerodynamics and safety systems contained within Black Swan Racing's No. 540 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship entry. Watch and enjoy!

Porsche's Results, Pictures and Video From the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring
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As always, no spoilers to be found here.  However, once you click through you'll know exactly how Porsche did this year at Sebring and have access to Porsche's pictures, race report and video from the race.   
Porsche Design Presents Watch Collection At Baselworld
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Porsche Design showcased a new watch collection this week in Switzerland at Baselworld (THE watch collectors show to be at and be seen at).  Porsche Design's new 1919 collection marks a new chapter in the history of the company and they unveiled a number of new watches that in our opinion are both elegant and affordable.  We have pictures, pricing, information on each watch and where and when you can buy them in this post. 
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Watch The Crash That Took The Lead Porsche & Corvette Out of Contention at Sebring
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The No. 911 Porsche of Kevin Estre and the No. 3 Corvette of Jan Magnussen were knocked out of yesterday's competition after a hard crash in turn 1. Both Porsche and Corvette were fighting for the lead coming out of turn 17 when the the pair split a GTD Audi down the main straight. Magnussen had the dry line, next to the pit wall, and Estre was on the outside on an extremely wet part of the track. It appeared that Magnussen couldn't see Estre on the outside and turned in hard to steal first place going into Turn 1. At the same time, Estre, who couldn't see the Corvette and knowing how tight the battle was, committed to the turn on his wet line and locked his breaks as he attempted to turn-in. The hard crash in this video is the result. 
14 Cool Facts About Porsche's History At Sebring
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This year marks the 64th running of the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring. Every year since 1953 at least one Porsche has competed at Sebring - 61 straight races (there was no race in 1974). No other manufacturer is even close to that record. Here are 13 other facts about Porsche and Sebring you may not have known. Picture above courtesy of Dave Engelman/PCNA.
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For Sale: Affordable, Low Mileage 918 Spyder. Needs Work!
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Every once in a while a deal comes along that seems too good to be true. This 918 is probably one such case. Talk about driven hard and put away wet...  It's not that we don't think the car in question is real, it's more a function of the cost of making it road ready again. What would you do with this 918 if you were to become its new lucky owner?

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This is How Michein Prepares Race Tires For The Possibility of Rain
  This is how Michelin prepares race tires for the possibility of rain.
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We posted the short video above on Instagram earlier this weekend.  So far it's been viewed more than 60,000 times on that platform.  We just uploaded it to YouTube so if you're not following us on Instagram you can watch it by clicking the image above.   Here's the caption we posted with the clip:

There was a possibility of rain at Sebring this weekend (where the water in known to pool into giant lakes on the track) so the guys were widening the grooves in the Michelin tire paddock in an effort to shed more water. Each one is done by hand. As many as 240 tires. Incredible!  

Porsche Stories From Around The Web
Despite our best efforts, it's not always possible for us to cover everything that's happening in the world of Porsche at any given time. It's almost as if the items worthy of note increase at some exponential rate as compared to the number of new Porsche owners and fans.  With that in mind, from time to time, we'll bring you a round-up other Porsche related stories you might find of interest and link you to them.  If you read a story somewhere, or know of one you think might be of interest to our readers, please be sure to let us know by sending us a tip to storyideas@flatsixes.com.