Lower than every week from its kickoff at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Rennsport Reunion 7 preparations are feverishly underway as tens of hundreds of Porsche and motorsport lovers put together to descend on the Monterey Peninsula for 4 days of festivities and racing.
The seventh iteration of the storied celebration of the Stuttgart marque suggests it will likely be larger than ever with the seventy fifth Anniversary of Porsche and the sixtieth Anniversary of the long-lasting 911 driving the passion.
Icons of Porsche is the theme of this yr’s occasion which interprets particularly to iconic vehicles, individuals, and moments in Porsche’s wealthy historical past.
As anticipated, vehicles will draw a lot of the eye all through the weekend with 4 full days of on-track motion, an abundance of particular vehicles on show, and exhibition laps of distinctive machines as effectively.
The whole lot of the beautiful entry record for the occasion will be discovered HERE, however a couple of entries of word embrace:
Rob Dyson’s 1984 Porsche 962-101. Porsche’s first buyer 962 and the automotive through which Dyson (together with co-driver Drake Olson) gained his first IMSA GTP race at Lime Rock Park in 1985. Chris Dyson (Rob’s son and present Trans-Am Champion) will pilot the automotive within the Stuttgart Cup race.
Naples, Florida-based Revs Institute is bringing six vehicles (and a tractor) together with the 1966 Porsche 906 Carerra 6 that gained the two-liter prototype class at Daytona and Sebring in 1966.
A pair of 1969 Porsche 917 Ks will likely be piloted by Chris MacAllister and Charles Nearburg
Gunnar Racing is bringing eight unbelievable machines to the observe and most often a driver with shared historical past with the automotive will likely be behind the wheel. Justin Bell will pilot the 1991 Gunnar Porsche 966 that he raced in interval along with his father Derek. Danny Sullivan will pilot the Dauer 962 Le Mans Sullivan shared with Hans-Joachim Caught and Thierry Boutsen at a third place end at Le Mans in 1994.
As well as, those that did a lot to construct the Porsche model will likely be honored and celebrated at Rennsport Reunion 7. Over 50 racers are set to attend. Mark Webber, Hurley Haywood, Jacky Ickx, Timo Bernhard and Richard Attwood and lots of the present Porsche works drivers from the GTP and GTD lessons will participate in addition to the present grid for the Porsche Carrera Cup North America.
After all, the melding of individuals and vehicles create the long-lasting moments cherished by Porsche. Previous and current moments will likely be celebrated and created all through the weekend.
The provisional schedule for the occasion will be discovered HERE and a livestream of the occasion will likely be out there on the Rennsport web site discovered HERE.
