Steve Dimakos, the owner of a new Porsche 911 GT2 RS, had a burning question: With 700 horsepower, how well would the lap times of the most powerful road-going 911 do against his 460-hp 991.1 911 GT3 Cup race car at Road America? Fortunately he had a winning combination on his hands, with an upcoming track day and PCA Club Race there and a friend in professional race car driver Bryan Sellers, who agreed to drive both cars in this challenge. When Porsche Panorama was offered to cover the story, we jumped in right away.
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The Chevy Corvette C8 in all of its mid-engined glory, attacking the challenging corners of the Green Hell.
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The life and career rise of Danica Patrick, the most successful woman in the history of racing
Danica Patrick is one of the most recognizable women in sports: she had a successful racing career, both in IndyCar and NASCAR, and her sponsorship with GoDaddy helped her become a household name.
Working in a male-dominated field like racing, Patrick struggled for acceptance. But she now holds multiple records, like becoming the first and only woman to … More
We love to race – that’s just the long and short of it all. While a very small handful of men and women are fortunate enough to enjoy the thrills of life as a professional racecar driver, there are yet handful more who can afford it off to the side; plenty of entry-level events let you race just about anything you own. Still, for most of us regular folks, having a dedicated racecar to daily-drive or racing a dedicated commuter or family car just doesn’t make sense. But rather than let the professionals and ballers have all the fun, us commuter-driving, regular guys find our own things to race.
Sometimes, it’s less about budgetary constraints and more about the fact that it can be raced out of necessity … More