Are You The Future Owner Of This Porsche 993 RSR? + Watch Magnus Walker's TEDx Talk + 6 More

Published: Sun, 07/20/14

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Take A Tour Of BBI Autosport's Garage  
BBI Autosports Garage Tour
If you're not familiar with BBI Autosport, do yourself a favor and check out their site and some of their projects. If the name is familiar to you, you probably saw them during Jeff Zwart's latest Pikes Peak attempt as well as the Porsches they run on the Texas Mile (just to name a couple). The video in this post features Formula Drift Champion Chris Forsberg's visit to the BBI shop in Huntington Beach where we see some of the very impressive projects currently in progress. Here's but one of the fun facts we learned in this video, Jeff Zwart's Pikes Peak 911 consumes about 1 gallon of fuel per mile.  Watch the video!
Porsche's Making Changes In Their Motorsport Division
When we first learned that Frank-Steffen Walliser (overall project manager for the 918) would be taking over for Hartmut Kristen as Vice President of Motorsport at Porsche AG we thought that maybe they were shaking things up and bringing in new blood.  However, after a few calls, we were assured that is not the case.  In fact, while it may seem like ages ago, both Daytona and Sebring were won this season under the watch of Kristen.  Even still, maybe new blood will be a good thing for Porsche's motorsport endeavors. 
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You've Been On Vacation For The Last 2 Weeks. Here's What You Missed!   
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For the last 2 weeks many of you have been on vacation.  You put aside your cares and worries and did your best to relax.  Maybe you went to the beach, the lake, the mountains, or like the person above, camping IN their Porsche.  Regardless of your activity, the world of Porsche chugged on and we covered it for you. If you missed any of the content in our last two newsletters I strongly encourage you to look back in our archives and enjoy what we put together for you:

July 8, 2014 - Gymkhana 47: Drifting A Cayman S + This Is The First Porsche 911 Rally Car + 8 More

July 1, 2014 - Cop Rear-Ends A Carerra GT. City Hit With $44k Repair Bill - Download This Great Porsche App Now + 9 More Porsche Posts
MOMO NGT Abruptly Pulls Out Of USCC GTD
In a surprise announcement last week, the NGT Motorsport team, headed by Henrique Cisneros, has withdrawn, with immediate effect, from the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship. After having competed in the first five rounds of the championship already this year, the team is pulling all of their efforts from the series, with the exception of September's Circuit of the Americas round.
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This Is The RWB 993 Built For Leh Keen And His Father 
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Watch Magnus Walker's TEDx Talk: "Go With Your Gut Feeling"
Magnus Walker, one of the most prolific Porsche fanatics in the world today, recently gave a TED talk at UCLA. His topic, "go with your gut feeling", is something of a mantra for the Porsche loving ex-pat. His life has been a series of from-the-gut actions, and they've all seemed to work out in the end for him, even though he's had a number of down periods in his life. Even if you think you know Magnus' story well, you'll learn something new in his TEDx talk. 

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Are You The Future Owner Of This Porsche 993 RSR?
Porsche 993 RSR For Sale
Maybe 'owner' is too strong a word. Perhaps 'custodian' is more appropriate for a car like this. This car is eternal, and won't ever truly be owned, rather were you to take delivery of this rare and beautiful Porsche 993 RSR, you would be preserving it for a future generation. This sentiment is kind of like those Patek Phillipe watch advertisements "You never actually own a Patek Phillipe. You merely look after it for the next generation." This 993 needs preservation for the next generation, for the right price, that job could be yours.
Porsche's Results And Pictures From Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
Three of Porsche's Four factory drivers had never driven Mosport before this past weekend. Combine that with limited track time and reduced practice laps, it's a wonder Porsche did as well as they did.  No spoilers here, but if you click through we'll have the full race report and results for you. 

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