Richard Hammond achieves a boyhood dream by testing two 1980s supercar icons, the Porsche 959 and Ferrari F40.
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High speeds and wild hogs on the newly opened stretch of State Highway 130 made for a dangerous combination the very first night the road was open.
Four crashes between vehicles and hogs were reported to authorities. Three were in the Lockhart city limits and a fourth was in Caldwell County.
A vehicle was totaled in one of the crashes. No serious injuries were reported, but … More
Porsche Motorsport plans the transition to the 911 GT3 RSR (type 991) in 2013. The new race car will, of course, be based on their seventh-generation of the popular 911 showroom road cars. What it means to the current sportscar racing teams is changes. The German marque also announced that their factory development team in the American Le Mans Series will end. Since Porsche formed the partnership with the Flying Lizard Motorsport team in 2007, they have pocketed championships, along with pole positions and race wins.
“Team owner Seth Neiman and his entire Flying Lizard Motorsports organization have helped both Porsche Motorsport and all our customer teams around the world by being our development partner in the U.S. Together we have won multiple championships  … More
The end of the 2012 ALMS season is marked with the ten hours of Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. To celebrate the close of the season, Porsche shows the Art of Speed – the racing moments you may have missed from the historic event.