Watch As Team Manthey's Pit Crew Averts Disaster By Quickly Extinguishing A Fire In Their Porsche 991 GT3 RSR + 11 more

Published: Sun, 09/29/13

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Watch The Terrifying Crash Of This 964 RSR Rally Porsche
Porsche 964 RSR Rally Crash Flying Through Air
I've watched this video over and over and I still can't believe the confluence of events that took place in order to launch this Rally prepared Porsche 964 RSR over a concrete barrier and through the air only to land upside down in a canal during the Hellendoorn Rally in the Netherlands.  Even more amazing is that we learned the driver and co-driver survived nearly unscathed.  Click here, or the image above, and watch this horrific crash for yourself.  
Watch a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Being Built in Time-lapse
CORE timelapse build
The last time-lapse video we highlighted featured a Porsche engine being torn down in stop motion.  This time, CORE autosport shows us just what goes into building a new Porsche 911 GT3 RSR from the ground up.  Over eight days of filming is compressed into three minutes as we watch their new Porsche come together in time for COTA.

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Watch How Fast Porsche's Team Manthey Crew Puts Out This Fire
Team Manthey Porsche on Fire
Professional pit crews, like those in the Team Manthey WEC pit, train for almost every conceivable circumstance. That's why when an errant spark ignited some spilled fuel during the team's first pit stop on Sunday they were able to quickly put out the fire with no one hurt and minimal damage to the Porsche.  Click the image above, or here, to watch the video yourself. 
Porsche & CORE autosport Announce 2-Car Factory Supported USCR GT Team for 2014
CORE at COTA
Something that we've suspected for a number of months has finally come to pass.  In a press event trackside at the Circuit of the Americas, Porsche and CORE Autosport announced a partnership for the 2014 inaugural United SportsCar Racing championship.  In a similar play to the World Endurance Championship campaign, Porsche Motorsport has teamed with a proven successful racing organization to provide a Works supported effort for next season, and the elected team is COmposite REsources.

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Why Did 100 Porsche 911s Cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge? 
porsche 918 configurator screen shot
No, it's not the start of a bad joke.  Instead, it's the lead in to Porsche's continued celebration of 50 years of the 911 down under. Watch as this convoy of more than 100 911s drive through Sydney and over the bridge in this fun video from Porsche.

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Spectacular One-Off Lego Porsche Martini Racing Set
porsche lego martini racing set
Lego creator Malte Dorowski has produced some of the most spectacular Lego Porsches we've ever seen.  Today's feature combines some of his earlier Porsche race cars with a Porsche race car transporter and parts transporter done in Martini Livery. Click the image above, or here, for more pictures and information on this spectacular set.
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Pictures, Pricing, Specs and Video of the 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo and Turbo S Cabriolets
2014 Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet
Set to debut on November 20, 2013 at the LA Auto Show, Porsche today announced pricing and provided us with preliminary specs, pictures and video on the newest addition to the 911 line-up.

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Introducing The Porsche Design Billiard Table
24/7 Luxury Billiard Table from Porsche Design Studio
The Porsche Design Studio has had their hands in so many projects it is, at times, tough to keep up.  Last week they announced the 24/7 Luxury Billiard table and not surprisingly, I want one. While I normally prefer my pool table old-school (green felt, big wooden posts, etc.) I'm liking the simplicity of this design and the color choices.  

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Check Out This Bookshelf Made From The Wing Of A Porsche GT3
Porsche GT3 Bookshelf
Last week in Frankfurt at the International Auto Show Porsche quietly debuted new products from the Porsche Driver's Selection line unique home and office items.  Among them was this very cool wall shelf constructed from the rear spoiler of a 911 GT3 Cup Race Car

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Will This Porsche, And Its Driver, Make It Out of San Francisco Alive?
Seattle Seahawks livery wrapped Porsche
NFL Football fans are known to be loyal and enthusiastic supporters of their teams.  So the fact that this Porsche owner wanted to support his hometown heros (the Seattle Seahawks) isn't too surprising.  The fact that he would do so by wrapping his 997 Turbo in a Seahawk's livery is.  What's even more surprising are the plans he has for his Porsche and the rest of the 2014 season.  Click here, or the image above, to see if you think this Porsche's football loving owner is as crazy as we do.    
The Porsche 912 Rendezvous
Porsche 912s in Carmel at Rendezvous
If you follow our facebook page then there's a good chance you saw some of the pictures we posted from our trip last week to Carmel, CA to attend the 192 Rendezvous put together by the 912 Registry. We had a fantastic time, met some wonderful people, drove some incredible Porsches and have the pictures to prove it.

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Porsche's Pictures And Results From The Circuit Of The Americas' Weekend
Porsche card girls during WEC at COTA 2013
As usual, no race spoiler here.  The race weekend at The Circuit of the Americas was filled with tons of action plus the excellent news that Porsche will support a 2-Car Factory team in the GT class of the USCR for 2014.

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