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22-12-05 Alex Job Announce driver line up for Daytona The new No.
23 Porsche Crawford that will make its debut in the Rolex Sports Car
Series at
the Rolex 24 At Daytona late next January. Alex Job has announced their
three
Porsche factory drivers for the 24 Hours. Patrick Long of the United
States,
Lucas Luhr of Germany who now lives in Monaco, and Mike Rockenfeller
from
Germany. All three of them are Porsche factory contract drivers. Both
Lucas and
Mike Rockenfeller have driven for Alex Job in the past. Patrick Long,
competed
against Alex Job this past year in the American Lemans Series. Also
announced
this week is the primary sponsor for the No 23 car Shred-It. Shred-It
is the
world's leading document destruction company, with
franchises that dot the
globe. Ted Christopher and Jaco Barbosa will join Brumos drivers five-time overall Rolex 24 At Daytona winner Hurley Haywood and JC France, a two-winner in Rolex Series competition. Despite his limited sports car experience, Christopher was very impressive in a recent private test at Homestead-Miami Speedway, his first time driving for Brumos Racing. Click here for full report 7-12-05 Alex Job hits the track with new Porsche Powered Prototype Alex Job Racing got off to a flying start in day two of the Homestead test days at Homestead-Miami Speedway for the Grand American Rolex Sportscar Series 2006 presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve. This is the first time Alex Job have tested there new Porsche Powered Crawford Daytona Prototype. Click here for full report 5-12-05 Surprise Trophy for Petersen Motorsports Petersen White Lightning will have to extend there trophy cabinet again to accommodate a surprise trophy, the Ecology Trophy awarded to the team last week by the Automobile Club de I' Quest (ACO). Click here for full report. 1-12-05 Petersen White Lightning swap pit boots for dessert boots Petersen White Lightning have announced today that they will begin a seroius effort at conquering the worlds most daunting motorsport race the Daker. Click here for full report 30-11-05 Tafel Racing to field 3 car effort in GT 2006 Jim Tafel, owner/driver of Baldwin Tafel Racing, will have more than one thing to celebrate at the 2005 Rolex Champions Banquet to be held in Orlando this week. In addition to the team's fifth-place finish in its first full year in Grand-Am racing, Tafel today announced a three-car campaign for the 2006 Rolex GT Series featuring Porsche GT3 Cup cars. Tafel and teammate Andrew Davies, both from the Atlanta area, came 9th in this year's GT Drivers' Championship, scoring points in all 13 of the races they contested and finished as high as 4th at Daytona and Watkins Glen in the No 73 Porsche. 24-11-05 Paul Holroyds latest painting now available Paul Holroyds latest painting "Team Work" is now available to buy on our Merchandise page. All proceeds will be going to the Salvation Army ALMS Grid Kids Appeal. The painting is of the No 31 Petersen White Lightning ALMS GT2 Championship car the prints will also be available to buy from the American Lemans Web Site Shop very soon. you can read more about this story on our news article dated the 29-10-05 24-11-05 Two new features on the Petersen Motorsport Web Site New to the "Team" section is a pit stop shot live showing the sequence of the events of the fastest pit crew in the business. Second is in the "Porsche" section of the web site, this shows a breakdown of all the working parts of the No 31 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR race car. For more info vist the offical web site of Petersen Motorsports located on our links page. or click here 24-11-05 Penske Porsche announce LMP2 driver lineup for 2006 For its first full season of competition in the American Lemans Series, the driver lineup for Penske Motorsports' two Porsche RS Spyder prototypes has a true championship look. Sascha Maassen and Lucas Luhr will return to the series in one of the team's LMP2 entries, with the other in the hands of Timo Berhard and Romain Dumas. In addition Petersen White Lightning will lose there championship driver Patrick Long who will team up with Emmanuel Collard for Penske Motorsports for the season-opening Mobil 1 twelve Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. Click here for full report 17-11-05 Petersen/ White Lightning Partner Westward Ho Casino Closes Doors Longtime Petersen Motorsports/ White Lightning Racing marketing partner, Westward Ho Casino, will officially close its doors at 5 PM (local time) today. Located on the world famous Las Vegas Strip, the Westward Ho Casino has been a hallmark of the Vegas scene for decades as one of its leading casinos and hotels. The familiar Westward*Ho Casino / Las Vegas logo- as seen above- has adorned Petersen Motorsports/ White Lightning Racing entries from Baja to Le Mans since the late 1980s when Mike Petersen (Las Vegas and Southern Calif.) and Dale White (Bozeman, Mo.) joined to create the team. The 2006 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring American Le Mans Series (ALMS) season-opening event will mark the first time Westward Ho will not be emblazoned on the side of the team’s car. Petersen/ White Lightning carried the Westward Ho banner to the ALMS GT2 Driver, Team and IMSA Cup Championships as well as five race victories including Sebring and Petit Le Mans in 2005.“We have had a great relationship with the Westward Ho Casino since Dale and I started this team,” commented Mike Petersen, a vice-president of the Westward Ho. “I think for all of us at Petersen/ White Lightning, it will be a little different not having the Casino on the side of our car next season. A race weekend didn’t go by where someone didn’t find me to tell me about a visit to the Casino. So, I know that our racing program made a good impact on the Casino. The team and the Westward Ho are linked in people’s minds and I am proud of that. At the same time, we’re looking forward to creating a new link with a new marketing partner in ‘06.” Petersen Motorsports/ White Lightning Racing, based in Las Vegas, was founded in 1989 and became one of the most successful off-road truck operations in history with championships in SODA, SCORE and SNORE, over 50 wins, 80 podiums and four consecutive class victories in both the Baja 1000 and Baja 500 (overall titles in 1995, ’96 and ’97). Looking for a new challenge, the team moved to sports car racing in the ‘90s. Since entering sports car racing fulltime, Petersen/ White Lightning race cars not only swept the GT2 class championships in the ALMS this season but have won the 24 Hours of Le Mans GT class (now GT2) twice (2003, ‘04), the 12 Hours of Sebring (‘05), the Petit Le Mans (’05), the Monterey Sports Car Championship (’05), the 24 Hours of Daytona (‘01), the Six hours of The Glen (’98), a total of six ALMS races as well as three SCCA World Challenge events and a Trans-Am Series race. Utilizing Porsche specialist Jörg Bergmeister (Langenfeld, Germany) and American Porsche factory driver Patrick Long (Las Vegas, Nev.) in 2005, the team won 50% of the ALMS races, earned podium finishes at nine of ten events and finished second in its third appearance at Le Mans. One of the longest-running casinos in Las Vegas, the Westward Ho was a favorite of Las Vegas visitors and locals, heralding back to the Las Vegas of the past. However, time marches forward and the Westward Ho Casino was recently sold and will meet the same fate, at the hands of a demolition team, of many of the great casinos on The Strip in the coming weeks. “The Casino has been a big part of my life since I was a kid,” continued Petersen. “I have worked nearly every job there is there. So, watching the doors locked for the first, and last, time is going to be tough. Business opportunities are business opportunities and this is something that just made sense for the Westward Ho. We’re all looking forward to moving on while remembering the successful past we had together.” Petersen Motorsports/ White Lightning Racing continues to pursue new marketing partners for the 2006 ALMS season. More on Petersen Motorsports/ White Lightning Racing can be found at www.petersenmotorsports.com 15-11-05 Alex Job to race Daytona Prototype next year Alex Job Racing, based in Tavares, Florida, will enter the new Porsche powered Crawford Daytona Prototype in the 2006 Rolex 24, and hopes to run the entire Rolex Series season pending final sponsorship arrangements. The team has prepared and raced the Porsche 911 GT3 R/RSRs in the American Le Mans Series for the past seven years, winning the drivers championship four times and the team title three times. The Alex Job Racing Crawford is expected to Utilize Porsche factory drivers for Daytona as well, with the names to be announced shortly. Like the other Daytona Prototypes, the AJR Porsche Crawford will be at Homestead for testing on the 5th and 6th December. The AJR car is part of the four new Daytona Prototypes that will be using the Porsche six-cylinder, 3.8 liter engine that has been tested by Brumos Racing and Porsche Motorsport North America other the last year. Brumos Racing has played a key role for testing and providing development data for the Porsche 911 GT3-based 3.8 liter flat six engine. 11-11-05 Bergmeister and Long Named to All-American Team The American Auto Racing Writers and broadcasters Association (AARWBA) announced that Petersen / White Lightning Racing c0-drivers Jorg Bergeister (Langenfeild), (Germany) and Patrick Long (Las Vegas, Nev) have been named to the First Team of the prestigious 2005 All-American Auto Racing Team in the "At Large" category. "It's a big honor for me," spoke an abviously humbled Bergmeister. "It is the first award that I have won like this and is coming at the end of a very good year for me. While Patrick and I will be honored in name, it is the team that should receive so much of the credit. They gave us acr every weekend to win races and win the championship. I am really, really pleased that other people recognized our season. I am thankful for this honor and want to say 'thank you' to AARWBA, the Petersen / White Lightning team and Mike Petersen and Dale White." It is the first such award for both drivers though Long was a recipient of the John Gorsline Scholarship, also awarded at the annual AARWBA Banquet, in 2001. Bergmeister became the first non-factory driver since 1999 to win the Drivers Championship while long, a Porsche "works" driver, became the first American since 1999 to win the title. More information available at Petersenmotorsport.com 8-11-05 Porsche Expands GT3 Cup Schedule for 2006 The International Motor Sports Association has announced the 2006 schedule and rules for the second season of the IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge sponsored by Michelin, including seven races and the introduction of the new Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (Type 997) race car. Click here for full report 6-11-05 Grand-Am and Rolex series ends in Mexico City The Grand-Am Cup Series and the Grand American Rolex Series ended the 2005 season in Mexico City this weekend. In Grand-Am Cup (GT Class) Porsche finished third in the manufacturer points behind the first placed Ford and second placed BMW. In the Grand American Rolex Series Porsche came in fourth in the manufacturer point standings with first place goining to Pontiac, 2nd Lexus, 3rd BMW . 5th place went to Ford and coming in 6th place was Infiniti. More more news and full report on the race vist the the offical site of the Grand American Series 29-10-05 Paul Holroyd announces next painting Paul Holroyd Porsche Motorsport Artist announced today his next painting will be of the Petersen / White Lightning number 31 car winner of the ALMS in GT2. The painting will be available on a 100 off (world-wide) signed and numbered limited edition print. The prints will also have two pencil drawings of the team and drivers placed upon the border of the painting and will be titled "Team Work". All proceeds from the prints will be donated to Petersen / White lightning's choice of charity the Salvation Army. Paul Holroyd who has completed works for many a race team including White Lightning and the Racesite.com stated " Dale and the rest of the Petersen / White Lightning team do a out-standing job for the kids of this charity, the team have worked very hard this year on and off the track racing and helping the Salvation Army I want to help in anyway I can and what is more fitting that a painting of the chamionship team and car to help celebrate there championship title". The prints will be ready to buy in about 3 to 4 weeks time at a cost of £100.00 or $165.00 in the US you can pre-order by sending us here at porschesport a email dont forget that they will be only be 100 off worldwide and it's for charity, just drop us a line and we will send you information about the prints. 29-10-05 Marcus Motorsport back after a two-year absence Marcus Motorsport will be back racing next year to campaign in the 2006 Grand-Am Cup Series, the team is no stranger to Grand American racing and the team had success in the Rolex Sports Car Series Gt class in years past with its BMW M3 entries. However after a two-year absence from Grand American racing, Marcus Motorsport have made the decision to switch marques from BMW to Porsche for the return in 2006. Marcus Motorsport have purchased two Porsche 997 cars from Synergy Racing, the cars will be ready for testing in December. 16-10-05 Petersen / White Lightning win GT2 championship Well done to Petersen / White Lightning who won there first ever ALMS GT2 championship in a convincing win on Saturday at Laguna Seca. Click here for full report 16-10-05 Porsche RS Spyder wins debut race at Lagua Seca Penske Motorsports won it' ALMS debut with it' new Porsche RS Spyder on Saturday at the Laguna Seca. Click here for full report 14-10-05 Its here the Porsche LMP2 hits the track The new DHL sponsored Porsche LMP2 car hits the track for the first time at testing at Laguna Seca. Click here for full report 12-10-05 The final push for Petersen / White Lightning Racing The last race of the ALMS travels to Laguna Seca this weekend and with the LMP1, LMP2 and the GT1 championship already won all eyes will be on the battle for the championship in GT2. As predicted the GT2 battle has gone down to the wire between point leaders Petersen / White Lightning and Alex Job Racing.The No 31 car of White Lightning only has to complete 70% of the race and the championship is there's. There is still everything to race for and again it's a must win situation for Alex Job; who will get the GT2 championship all will be decided come Saturday night. Not only will the main focus be on the Porsche GT2 cars but also this weekend we will see racing for the first time the new Porsche LMP2 car sponsored by DHL, this is must see race for all Porsche fans everywhere. 11-10-05 Synergy Racing to race Porsche Daytona Prototype Synergy racing have announced that it has reached an agreement with Porsche Motorsports North America to campaign a factory-supported, Porsche-powered Daytona Prototype in the 2006 Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series. The team will receive factory assistance from Porsche Motorsports North America with engine technology. 10-10-05 Embassy Racing take 2nd place in GT Championship The final rounds of the British GT Chamionship travelled to Sliverstone for rounds 17 and 18, the championship title had already being clinched by Scuderia Ecosses Ferrari 360 back in September but 2nd palce was still up for grabs. In race one in conditions varying between poor and appalling the Scuderia Ecosse Ferrari team took 1st and 2nd, Embassy would have finished 2nd but a stop-go penalty for a pit-stop infraction put stop to that instead the Embassy had to settle for 3rd place. In the second race still hampered by bad rain Embassy Racing came in 2nd behind Scuderia team again with 3rd place going to Jordan and Caines Porsche RS. In the GT3 class the championship went to to the Tech 9 Porsche pair of Murphy and Mc Kellar Jr ahead of the two Motorbase quaife Porsche cars. The Invitaion class went to the team Parker Racing Porsche of Rich and Westwood. 9-10-05 2nd place for Porsche in the VIR200 Grand AM Cup The No 28 Porsche 996 of Race Prep Motorsports finished 2nd behind the 1st palce No 5 Mustang Gt of Blackforest Motorsports in the Grand Am Cup at Virginia Internation Raceway. Click here for race results 9-10-05 Porsche miss out on podium finish VIR400 This weekends race of the Rolex Sports Car Series was at the Virginia International Raceway VIR400. In the GT2 class BMW dominated the race with 1st and 2nd place going to Prototype Technology Group Racing in their BMW M3's Tacking the 3rd sport off the No 36 Porsche GT3 car of TPC Racing was the Pontiac GTO of Tuttle Team Racing. Click here for race results 7-10-05 DHL are named as main sponsors for RS Spyder The red and yellow colours of DHL will be the main sponsor for the two new P2 RS Spyders the wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Post World Net - will also partner Penske Motorsports as a main sponsor for the entire 2006 racing season. Click here for full report 2-10-05 Westbrooks double wraps up the season Richard Westbrook finished off the Porsche Michelin Supercup with a double win at Brands Hatch. Click here for full report 2-10-05 Petersen / White Lightning win at Petit Le Mans The No 31 car of Petersen / White Lightning took the chequered flag to win at Road Atlanta 1 lap in front of the second place no 24 car of Alex Job. The Flying Lidards came in 3rd but coming in 4th was the No 23 car of Alex Job, if the 23 car had come in 5th the championship would have gone to the Petersen / Petersen White Lightning but as predicted this championship will go down to the last race at Laguna Sega in two weeks time with White lightning firmly in the driving seat. Click here for full report 30-9-05 Alex Job on pole at Petit Le Mans Alex Job Racing have succeeded in taking pole off the championship leaders Petersen / White Lightning in qualifying, but the surprise is that the number 31 car of White Lighting is in 3rd place with the No 43 car of Bam Motorsports taking 2nd place separatng both Alex Job and White Lightning on the starting grid. All three cars where separated by only a thousandth of a second. 27-9-05 Petit Le Mans not to be missed this weekend As the racing season nears completion most championships and events have already crowned there champions and some with one or two events still to be raced, but that's not so with the ALMS (The American Lemans Series). This weekend on the 1st of Oct the ALMS travel's to Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta for round 9 out of 10 of the ALMS and this event is far but over. Two teams have dominated the GT class; Alex Job and Petersen / White Lightning and with nothing between both teams expect a 12 point lead by White Lightning Saturdays 1000 mile 10 hour race will be a real test of champions. Both teams cars have only been separated by tenths of seconds in qualifying all season so pit stops and strategy will play a key role at Road Atlanta this weekend and it looks like this championship fight will go down to last race at Laguna Seca in 2 weeks time it's a must win situation for both teams. Also lets not forget the Flying Lizard Motorsport team who have announced that they will be entering both team cars for the race. The race will be aired live on the Speed Channel at 11.20am US time and Motors TV here in Europe from 4.30pm. 24-9-05 Multi-car Incident involving Porsche Red Bull Fabcar The No 58 Redbull Brumus Fabcar was heading for it's best placed finish in the Rolex Crown Royal 250 at Watkins Glen when it hit from behind sending the car into a spin. When the No 58 came to a stop it it was hit a further 5 times by the Pontiac No 06, 77 Ford, 66 Pontiac and two more Porsche's No's 80 and 38, luckily no drivers where hurt. The best placed Porsche came in 3rd in the GT class. Click here for more infomation on the Fabcar 22-9-05 Flying Lizards announce Petit Le Mans drivers Flying Lizard Motorsports have announced the team's diver roster for the next race in the ALMS at Petit Le Mans. Click here for full report 20-9-05 Cheetham crowned champion of the 924 championship With two rounds at Donington and Rockingham still left to complete Steve Cheetham has been provisionally crowned champion of the UK 924 championship. For more information on the UK 924 championship vist www.porscherracingdrivers.co.uk 19-9-05 Petersen/White Lightning announce third driver With the next round of the ALMS fast approaching Petersen/White Lightning have announced that Graig Stanton will be there third driver for the 10 hour race at Petit Lemans on the 1st Oct. click here for full report 18-9-05 Gruppe M Racing do double at Istanbul Park Eighth round of the FIA GT Championship, Gruppe M Racing take double win at Istanbul Park to keep the lead in GT2. Click here for full report 18-9-05 Porsche miss out on British GT Championship Porsche miss out on the British GT Championship to Scuderia Ecosses Ferrari 360 but take the GT3 championship class crown. Click here for full reports. 18-9-05 Damien Faulkner provisional champion of Carrera Cup Siverstone round 18 of the Porsche Carrera Cup. Damien Faulkner wins Saturdays race and take's second place behind Richard Westbrook on the Sunday. Second place was enough to confirm Damien Faulkner as provisional 2005 champion. Click here for race report 11-9-05 Turner Motorsport take's victory of Brumos Porsche The No 96 BMW of Turner Motorsport wins at Phoenix International of the Grand-AM Cup steal's victory off the Doncaster Brumos Porsche 996. Click here for full report. 11-9-05 First Victory for Dirk Werner at Spa Round 12 the final race of the Porsche Michelin Supercup at Belgium;s Spa-Francorchamps. First victory for Dirk Werner - Patrick Huisman claims vice championship. But dad luck for new champion Alessandro Zampedri has he was forced to retire. Click here for full report. 9-9-05 More Porsche racing at porschesport.com We are pleased to inform you that we will soon be following Porsche's progress in the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series and the Grand-Am Cup Series, more information to follow. Grand American Road Racing Web Site 5-9-05 Alessandro Zampedri is new champion Race 11 of the Porsche Michelin Supercup, Alessandro Zampedri take's 3rd place at Monza and wins the championship. Zampedri is the first Italian to win championship in the history of the Porsche Michelin Supercup. Click here for full report 4-9-05 Petersen / White Lightning take back GT2 Lead Round 8 of the ALMS at Mosport, This had to be one of the most bizarre victory's in the serie's history, the Petersen / White Lightning Porsche took back the points lead of the ALMS in GT2 without crossing the start finish line, with only 2 laps left to race the rear left wheel came off leaving Patric Long unable to continue. The second placed No 23 car of Alex Job then ran out of fuel but due to the 2 lap lead that the Petersen / White Lightning had at this point of the race they took 1st place and full points taking them back to the top of the GT2 lead. Click here for full report. 30-8-05 Porsche LMP2 to withdraw from Petit Lemans The Porsche LMP2 was originally planned to make it's first debut at Petit Lemans in the ALMS. Despite the disappointing news by Porsche the new LMP2 will still race, Porsche have rescheduled to race at Laguna Seca the last race of the ALMS. Click here for full story 29-8-05 Westbrook wins double at Knockhill Richard Westbrook (Red Line Racing) takes both victories in round 16 of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB Click here for full report 29-8-05 Gruppe M Racing clinch Championship Grupp M Racing's win at Oschersleben in the FIA GT Championship means that the team have clinched the GT2 class with four more races still remaining click here for full report 21-8-05 Gamble pays off for Dale White round 7 of the ALMS Round 7 Elkhart Lake, Wis. Road America. The action started from the off with only 25 thousandths of a second separating the White Lightning car and that of the Alex Job car at qualifying we knew that we where in for a exiting race, but no one could have predicted just how close it was going to end up at the end of the 2 hour and 45 minute race. Dale White team manager of Petersen White Lightning took a gamble, the Lizards and Alex Job cars came in on a Yellow flag and the White Lightning team chose to stay out. this put them in first spot but at the 2 hour mark Jorg had to get out the rule book one more lap and they would have been disqualified for not changing there drivers. So in they came and left in the pits now in 3rd place, one more yellow flag saw the Alex Job car come in for fuel and tyres that now ment that White Lightning where 2nd with the Flying Lizards car in front with 7 or 8 cars between them Patric Long then did the impossible with only 5 minutes left on the clock he was committed to passing anything in his path including the Flying Lizards car. But so was the alex Job car, Patric Long crossed the finish line with the Alex Job car behind him by only a couple of meters. For more news on the ALMS vist there web by clicking here 16-8-05 More horse power for White Lightning This weekend the ALMS travels to Road America for round 8 and after the bad luck at Portland the Petersen White Lightning team have spent the last two weeks back at base in Vegas. The car has been back home for the installation of the lastest Porsche electronics including the newest control unit (ECU), this system requires a complete new installtion of the wiring harness. With the new ECU the car will produce more horse power "Watch out Alex Job Racing". Petersen Motorsports 15-8-05 Porsche finish 1st; 2nd and 3rd at Denver Porsche took all three podium steps the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT round 9 in Denver with 1st place going to Wolf Henzler; 2nd to Robin Liddell and 3rd to Lawson Aschenbach. You can follow the SPEED World Challenge at the racesite.com 14-8-05 Embassy Racing take chequered flag at Silverstone Embassy racing claimed victory with the win decided just four corners from the chequered flag in wet race at Silverstone. Ben Collins and Neil Cunningham past the finish line in the Porsche 996 just 3 seconds ahead of the No 35 Scuderia Ecosse ferrari 360 of Andrew Kirkaldy and Nathan Kinch. for more news on the British GT Championship vist the official site at www.britishgt.com 10-8-05 Alan Bonner to drive for GNM at Silverstone this weekend This weekend Silverstone will host the British GT Championship, Scotlands Alan Bonner will be driving the GNM Motorsport teams porsche GT3 RS. Bonner has never raced a Porsche before so it will be an intersting race. Click here for full report 7-8-05 Double victory for Faulkner Damien Faulkner completed a double victory at Snetterton, round 14 of the Carrera Cup GB Click her for full report 31-7-05 Porsche Micheln Supercup Report Huisman wins at the Hungarian Grand Prix with a start to finish victory Click here for full report 31-7-05 Gruppe M Racing Extend their lead in the FIA GT Championship Gruppe M Racing extented their lead after the 24 Hour race at Spa. This year brought and end to Porsche's run of Spa overall podium finishes due to the strength of the GT1 category. Click here for report 30-7-05 Alex Job takes points lead at Portland The contest between Alex Job and Petersen/White Lightning so far this year in ALMS has been nose to tail, both teams shared the same points leading into todays race at Portland but bad luck plagued the White Lightning car from the start resulting in the team finishing 8th overall in class 11 laps down from the Alex Job car. Alex Job are 6 points clear of the Petersen/White Lightning team after Portland. Click here for Alex Job report Click here for White Lightning report 25-7-05 SPA Proximus 24 Hour Race 30/31 July This weekend is Round 6 of the 2005 FIA GT Championship, the 24 Hour race at SPA. Porsche will make up a total of 20 cars in the GT2; G2 and G3 Category. for the full entry list click here 24-7-05 David saelens wins at Hockenheimring Porsche Supercup David Saelens wins in round 9 of the Porsche Michelin Supercup click here for report 24-7-05 Westbrook off track at Mondello Park Carrera Cup GB Damien Faulkner completed a triple win as he claimed victory in round 11 and 12 plus the re run of round 8 at Mondello Park. Richard Westbrook slid of the track in round 11 when he made contact with Faulkner. click here for full report 22-7-05 Tests completed, Drivers named, Ready to race Sascha Maassen and Lucas Luhr have been named to drive the Penske Motorsport Porsche RS Spyder at Petit Leman's at Road Atlanta and Monterey Sports Car Championship at Mazda Raceway. Click here for full report You can now view a film clip of the new Spyder on the Porsche web site click on the link on our links page. All we need now is for Porsche Motorsport Artist Paul Holroyd to paint the new car. 17-7-05 Richard Westbrook completes double at Croft Westbrook takes double at Croft in this weekends Porsche Carrera Cup. click here for full report 17-7-05 Hats off to Petersen Motorsport / White Lightning Petersen/White Lightning came in second at Infineon after a faulty rim put them way back after the first lap, but you can throw anything at these boys and they still bounce back. click here for full report 17-7-05 Alex Job Wins at Infineon ALMS Alex Job Racing took first place leading all the way from pole. click here for full report 11-7-05 Second win for Patrick Huisman Second win of the season in the Porsche Michelin Supercup for Patrick Huisman click here for full report 5-7-05 ALMS, Alex Job win at Lime Rock The battle is heating up in GT2 of ALMS between Alex Job and Petersen/White Lightning. No 23 Alex Job Racing Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas posted their second straight class win. The No 31 Petersen/White Lightning Porsche of Patrick Long and Jorg Bergmeister finished second after starting on the pole. In third place was the No 45 Flying Lizard Motorsports Porscheof Jon Fogarty and Johannes van Overbeek. Click on links for reports White Lightning report Alex Job Race report 3-7-05 Round 7 Porsche Michelin Supercup Points leader Zampedri will be looking over his shoulder with increasing pressure after Richard Lietz wins in France click here for full report 3-7-05 Petersen Motorsport/White Lightning take pole at Lime Rock Patric Long driving for the Petersen/White Lightning took pole today his first career pole position in the ALMS at Lime Rock New England click here for report 21-6-05 Porsche Michelin Supercup Race 5 David Saelens wins his first race in the US click here for report 21-6-05 Rain stops race at Oulton Park Round eight of the Porsche carrera Cup Gb was abondoned after three laps due to heavy storms click here for report 21-6-05 First photos of the new Porsche LMP2 race car Porsche releases details of the new prototype LMP2 race car. click here for details You can also view more photos on the new LMP2 race car on the Porsche web site from our links page. 19-6-05 Top American Porsche teams win the 24 Hour Lemans Alex job (Sponsored by Bam) ; Petersen Motorsports/White Lighting and Flying Lizards take 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the GT2 class at Lemans click here for full report 11-6-05 Paul Holroyd Competition winner The competition winner to name Paul Holroyds lastest painting of the Porsche Jagermeister 934 goes to Mr Simon Butterworth of Ramsbottom in Bury. The title picked by Paul Holroyd was "Tangerine Dream". "There where a number of titles to chose from but and in the end it came down to "Tangerine Dream" said Paul. 5-6-05 Petersen/White lightning set the pace on first day of testing The No 90 Porsche of Petersen Motorsport / White lightning set the pace on the first day of testing at Lemans Click here for full report 5-6-05 Paul Holroyd to release 4 more paintings Porsche Motorsport Artist Paul Holroyd has released four more painting on a 250 off signed and limited print, Shaken Not Stirred; On Safari; Three's Company and his lastest painting of the Jagermeister 934 still to be titled. In fact Paul will be running a competition at a local Porsche Club event to name this latest edition, the winer will receive the No two signed and numbered limited edtion print. The winner will be announced here on the 11th June, all four edition prints will be available to buy on our merchandise page or at shopforprints very soon. You can pre order any of the above just send us a email and we will send you details. 5-6-05 Westbrook makes it six Richard Westbrook (Red Line Racing) made it six wins fromsix at Brands Hatch for round six of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB click here for full report 1-6-05 Flying to Lemans for the first Time The Flying Lizards will take part in the 24 Hour race this year for the fisrt time click here for ful report 23-5-05 Porsche Michelin Supercup round Three Patrick Huisman win's at monaco his first victory after more than 18 months click here for full report 22-5-05 Hats off to Petersen Motorsports The No 31 car of Petersen Motorsports / white Lightning Racing Porsche was sent to the back of the grid for the start of the Mid-Ohio race due to ride Height violations. But the No 31 car battled back to take 2nd place click here for full report 22-5-05 Alex Job Racing back to winning ways at Mid-Ohio Alex Job takes first palce in GT2 in the ALMS at Mi-Ohio click here for full report 16-5-05 Flying Lizards hope to duplicate 04 victory This weekend the American Le Mans Series heads to Mid-Ohio 20-22 May. Last year the Flying Lizards won their first ALMS victory in the GT2 ranks and are hoping to duplicate the 04 victory again this year at Mid-Ohio. click here for full report 9-5-05 First win for Alessandro Zampedri Zampedri, who has contested in the Porsche Michelin Supercup every year since 1999, is the first Italian to take a point's win in the 13 year history of the series, "This is a Wonderfull day. I dedicate this win to my wife and I want to thank her for everything said Zampedri. click here for full report 6-5-05 Alex Job Racing and Bam Motorsports team up for Lemans Alex Job and Bam motorsport have announced that they are to join forces to take on this years 24 Hour Lemans in June. Click here for full report 2-5-05 Richard Westbrook wins at Thruxton Richard Westbrook fended off challenge from Damiem Faulkner to win round two of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB at Thruxton on Sunday 1st May. Click here for full report 25-4-05 Porsche LMP2 effort won't take focus away from GT2 effort Click here for full report 24-4-05 Porsche Michelin Supercup: Round two race report Richard Westbrook finished 2nd at Imola this weekend but still took the 20 points, Luca Riccitelli from Italy secured victory after a dramatic 13 lap sprint but Luca was only a guest driver. This means that he was not eligible to earn points, therefore Westbrook takes home the full 20 points. Click here for full report 20-4-05 pK Sport take time out British Porsche race team pK Sport (Pickup Motorsport) have announced that they will be taking a short interval this season to re-group. pK Sport who have competed in the last three years at Lemans and the last two years of the ALMS will not be taking part in any major race but hope to be back racing later on this year. 18-4-05 $10.000 for changing your tyres White Lightning Racing/Petersen Motorsport have plenty to smile about a Victory at Sebring a podium finish at Atlanta and now winner of the ALMS pit stop competition. The pit crew walked away with $10.000 in prize money as winners of the competition, it just goes to show that when you work as a team it pays off, I bet there where a couple of sore heads the next day. 17-4-05 Black flag hands victory to Panzoz at Atlanta Round two of the American Lemans series concluded in a exciting finish. Starting from the front of the GT2 field the Panzos led all but 43 minutes of the two-hour and 45 minute race. Liddell who used to race a Porsche for Pk Sport successfuly blocked the Alex Job no 23 car for the last 10 minutes of the race to the finish until Bernhard tapped Lidells rear sending him into a spin. Bernahard was immediately black flagged by IMSA for a stop and go penalty with only around 3 to 4 minutes left to race. Alex Job still managed to come 2nd with the White Lighting No 31 car finishing 3rd 1 lap behind the Alex Job car, for full race results vist the American Lemans site on our links page or click on the heading. 15-4-05 Porsche are back 'HOT NEWS CLICK HERE' 12-4-05 Your very own 959 This week the painting of the Rothmans 959 Porsche titled "Jungle Roar" by Porsche Motorsport artist Paul Holroyd is avalible to buy on a 250 off singed and numbered limited edition print. The prints are avalible to buy on line on our merchandise page. 11-4-05 Day of doubles This weekend also was the start of the Michelin Porsche Open series, Ian White got of to a perfect start with two wins in race one and race two "i'm in it to win it," said White. The next round in the championship is at Castle Combe on Bank Holiday Monday, 2nd May. Click here for full race report www.racecar.co.uk 11-4-05 Double win for Westbrook at Donington Richard Westbrook won in the opening round of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB at Donington Park on Sunday 10 April. Richard Westbrook (Red Line Racing) who won last weeks race in the Porsche Supper cup in Bahrain had to fend off Tim Harvey (Team RPM) in a long hard race. Both cars crossed the line nose-to tail after 15 flat-out laps, "If i'd made one mistake he'd have got me" admitted Westbrook "It was the same old story - looking in my mirrors after the first corner!" But, into the second half of the race Westbrook was just able to edge away from Harvey to win by only 1.3s. 3-4-05 New 911 GT3 Cup car makes its debut The new 911 GT3 Cup car (type 997) made its race debut on the Bahrain International Circuit on the 3 April, the Supercup sprint races have become a fixture in the schedule for the European and American F1 mettings and this weekend witnessed the first ever race of the Porsche Michelin Supercup on Arabian soil. The 911 GT3 Cup car 'based on the new 911 Carrera' must be technically identical to the last nut and bolt. 19-3-05 Double blow for Alex Job Racing at Sebring Petersen / White Lightning took the checked flag in GT2 finishing 7 laps in front of second place and became the first privateer GT2 team to win its class at Sebring since 1999. The favorites 'Alex Job' faild to complete the race with both cars having to retire, one with engine problems and the other with transmission problems. The Flying Lizards No 26 and the TRG no 27 cars also faild to make it to the 12th hour along with the No 28 car of Bam Motorsport. The rest of the 911 RSR in GT2 finished in this order 1st Petersen/White Lightning; 2nd J3 Racing; 3rd Flying Lizards; 4th TRG Racing; 5th N2 Racing and 6th place went to ZIP Racing. the only other car to finish in GT2 was the Panoz finishing 36 laps behind 6th place Zip Racing. 17-3-05 Petersen/White Lightning set the pace The fastest time in GT2 in this mornings practice run for the 53rd Annual Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring went to Patrick Long; Jorg Bergmeister and Lucas Luhr in the No 31 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR car. Lap time was 2:04.960 (106.954 mph), a time set faster than the quickest GT2 on the 16th by No 23 Alex Job Racing in their Porsche 911 GT3 RSR set by Timo Bernhard; Romain Dumas and Sascha Maassen at 2:05.078 (106.494 mph). 4-3-05 Alex Jobs 911 GT3 RSR gets new face lift The traditional colours of Yellow and White of the 911 GT3 RSR of Alex Job have been replaced by Blue and White, this is due to new sponsor Microproducts. You can view the car on the American Lemans site on our Links page. 28-2-05 Entry list for the 53rd Annual Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring March 19th will see the start of the American Lemans series kick start into action with the 12 hour race at Sebring. There will be a total of 13 Porsche GT3 RSR cars competing out of a total of 18 cars in the GT2 class. Alex job Racing; Flying Lizard Motorsport; J3 Racing Inc and TRG will all run two cars each the remainder are Petersen Motorsport/White Lightning Racing; Zip Racing; Bam and IN2 Racing. 23-2-05 Still No Word Still no information on entries for this years American Lemans series, their site is still being updated and we will inform you as soon as possible. 16-2-05 Lemans issue the first list of entries The first entries have been announced for the 2005 Lemans 24 hour race, of course Porsche will dominate the GT2 category with 3 teams automatically selected; Flying Lizards; White Lighting and Sebah Automotive. At present there are 3 more Porsche teams in the running Selkel motorsport; Lug Alphand Adventure and Alex Job Racing (but no Pk Sport). To view the full entries list visit the Lemans web page on our links page. 9-2-05 Rolex 24 at Daytona 5th February 2005 Porsche 911 GT3 cars made up a total of 22 cars in this years 24 Daytona race. The highest ranking Porsche was the Brumos fabcar finishing in 8th place with an impressive total of six 911 GT3 cars finishing within the top 15. |
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