The Porsche Rennsport Reunion 5th edition (in short Rennsport V) is a gathering of everything that has raced made by Porsche. It includes race cars and drivers, collector vehicles, historic models. This is the 5th edition since 2001 and the second one in Laguna Seca. The title Rennsport was drawn, quite simply, from the German term for “racing.”
So the first thing you notice when you arrive at Laguna Seca is noise. There are cars racing! Saturday we watched the Gmund Cup composed of Porsche 550, 550A, RSK, RS60-61 (4&8 cyl.) 2000 GSGT (Dreikantschaber), Abarth Carrera, 356, 904-4cam and Porsche specials
Early Porsche Carrera racing in the Gmund Cup at the entrance of the Corkscrew at Laguna Seca for Rennsport V.
Porsche 356 Brumos (number 59) Racing from 1963 to 1966 followed by a 550 Spyder (number 50) in the Corkscrew at Laguna Seca for Rennsport V.
Two beautiful Porsche Spyders in the Corkscrew at Laguna Seca for Rennsport V.
The second race was the Eifel Trophy for 911 (911 up to 2.5 liter), 911TR, 911ST, 914, 914/6. It was a wonderful sight to have early 911 racing around the track quite aggressively. Of course, the spread of power in this group makes it very unfair. Some of those cars have a 2.5 liter engine vs. 1.6 liter.
An example of a beautiful 911 at Laguna Seca for Rennsport V.
The corkscrew shot wide to give you a sense of the scariness of this turn 8 (and 8a).
The opposite view of the corkscrew with the spectators. Rennsport V is really well attended.
Coming up the hill, before the corkscrew.
The French 911 (notice the plate).
A 914 -6 at the top of the Corkscrew at Laguna Seca for Rennsport V. Notice that you can’t see where the track is going.
and then current GT3 Cup cars came on the track. That was one of the official races for the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge. Suddenly the racing became more real.
Elliott Skeer who was already leading the the Platinum Cup Drivers Championship in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama, was not going to let anyone spoil his championship. He led the course from the start to end in an impressive way.
In the Gold series, Colin Thompson ended the 2015 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge by winning the last race of the season. It did that on a borrowed car from Kelly-Moss
Colin Thomson is leading the race under yellow flag.
A late braking at the entrance of the corkscrew is quite dangererous.
Elliott Skeer (number 14) in the corkscrew at Laguna Seca for the last race of the 2015 season.
Since I was there, I did try to do some panning to learn if I could do it.
Finally the parade laps where a large number of vintage Le Mans winner raced around the track.
The parade lap of some of best racing machine built by Porsche at Rennsport V at Laguna Seca. In this picture a Porsche RSK 718 (number 33), Porsche 917K (number 2) in the distinctive Gulf Oil livery (winner of Le Mans 1970 and 1971) , The RS Spyder (Type 9R6) (number 7) in the DHL livery , Porsche 956 (number 17 and 16) (winner of Le Mans 1982,1983 and 1984) , Porsche 936 (number 11) (winner of Le Mans 1981) and Porsche 911 GT1-98 (number 26) (winner of Le Mans 1998)
Porsche Rothmans rally car (911 SC/RS) (number 3)
Porsche 917/10 1973 CanAm (number 59) with the Brumos Racing livery, a current 918 (in the Brumos livery) and the Porsche Cup from Brumos.
The amazing good looking 918 in the Brumos livery.
Porsche 917K (number 2) in the distinctive Gulf Oil livery (winner of Le Mans 1970 and 1971)
The RS Spyder (Type 9R6) (number 7) in the DHL livery
Porsche 956 (number 17) (winner of Le Mans 1982,1983 and 1984) , Porsche 911 GT1-98 (number 26) (winner of Le Mans 1998)
and Porsche 936 (number 11) (winner of Le Mans 1981)
Porsche 911 GT1-98 (number 26) (winner of Le Mans 1998)
Porsche 936 (number 11) (winner of Le Mans 1981) and in the back (way back) Porsche 917K (number 20) in the distinctive Gulf Oil livery
Finally more informations about this fantastic event: http://porscherennsportreunion.com/index.php
In the next part, I will focus on the vehicles that were not on the track.
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