Editorial S-Turns

Historic motorsport at Lime Rock

By Dave Getchell
PORSCHEFORME Editor

Porsche-heads all over Maine are eyeing their mothballed cars and counting the days till spring rains wash a winter’s worth of salt and grime off the roads...and the P-cars come out to play.

Down East Region has all manner of events on tap for your Porsche season (see calendar, adjoining page) and the hardest part will be deciding which ones to attend. Local tours, car shows, Driver Ed days, Zone 1 Concours, autocrosses, how can I ever make them all? Hey, I don’t worry, just pack up the old 911 and take off!

One of the new events I’m most excited about is a historic motorsports extravaganza coming to Lime Rock Park in Connecticut.

In the spirit of events held at Monterey and Watkins Glen during Porsche’s 50th Anniversary celebration in 1998, Porsche Cars North America, in conjunction with Brian Redman and his Intercontinental Events, Inc., have created a race meeting featuring vintage Porsche race cars and legendary Porsche race drivers.

Called the Porsche Rennsport Reunion, the new event will be held at Connecticut’s Lime Rock Park on July 27-29, 2001. It will feature a three-day program of on-track competition plus a Sunday Concours d’Elegance, which will be open to the event’s participants by invitation.

“The Rennsport Reunion will highlight some of the most significant and historic racing cars in Porsche’s storied history,” said Fred Schwab, president and C.E.O. of Porsche Cars of North America. “It will also serve to re-unite these cars with some of the drivers who took them to glory on race tracks around the world. It will be a very special event!”

Additional details of the Porsche Rennsport Reunion can be found on Porsche Cars’ web site (www.porsche.com) or at Brian Redman’s Intercontinental web site (www.gorace.com). Ticket information is available by contacting Lime Rock Park at 1-800-722-3577 or 1-860-435-5000.

This issue also marks the return of DER’s own 356 maven, Glenn Hill. He’s ferreted out the story on an early Porsche that scared mighty Ford half to death. Yeah!

Dave

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