Porsche Festival 2012 from St. Petersburg

Posted: 30 Jun 2012 06:11 AM PDT

Porsche Festival 2012 in St. Petersburg
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How to make last year’s St. Petersburg Festival even more fascinating? Well, just bring three Porsche original winner cars of the 24h of Le Mans race: 936 Spyder (1977), 962/C (1987) and 911 GT1 (1998) and the most recent 24h of Nurburgring winner car 911 GT3 RSR (2011) to the festival. Klaus Bischof, Director of the Rolling Museum and former Porsche race engineer shares his tales of 16 overall Porsche Le Mans victories and demonstrates that the racing legends are still in perfect driving condition.

Pay close attention to around the 53sec and 2:14 mark!

Ragnar Schulte, Director Marketing of Porsche Russia says about the event: “We feel honored that more than 700 guests with their families joined us for the Festival, spending a memorable day with us and testing the latest Porsche sports cars. We are sure to be back next year with an even more extended fleet to drive.”

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The 2012 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR

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Patrick “Ginger” Long joins Magnus Racing for Six Hours at the Glen

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 11:08 AM PDT

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Magnus Racing Porsche at the 2011 Six Hours at the Glen

With a super tight GT Championship unfolding in the Rolex Sports Car Series, Magnus Racing has enlisted the one-time help of Porsche's very own Patrick Long for the upcoming Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen.

As the second longest event on the Rolex Series schedule, the traditional two-driver format will expand to three for the six-hour event taking place on Sunday, July 1st, and the Magnus gang looked no shorter than Long, the lone American factory-hired driver in the world.

Standing at 4'6", Long carries an impressive roster of success in international sportscar racing. Beyond two class victories at the 24 Hours of LeMans, two class titles in the American Le Mans Series, a driver's championship in the Pirelli World Championship, and a class victory at Sebring…. Long also drove to a class victory in the 2009 Rolex 24 at Daytona with Magnus's very own Andy Lally.

So yeah, he's good.

Patrick Ginger Long joins Magnus Racing for Six Hours at the Glen

"Patrick is a great addition to our team," stated Team Owner and Co-Driver John Potter. "His resumé speaks for itself, but equally important, he fits in well with our group. He's incredibly professional, but I think he gets our style and that goes a long way."

Currently sitting third in the championship with one round to go before the Six Hour, Long presents a great opportunity to gain valuable points.

"Patrick and I have very similar driving styles, and that's a big plus," stated Co-Driver Andy Lally. "He's proven he knows how to win time and time again, and in a championship fight, he's got a great reputation for making no mistakes which is just important."

No stranger to GRAND-AM competition, Long looks forward to a great event with Magnus.

"The entire Magnus Racing organization has done a great job in its first few years of racing," stated Long. "They're known for having fun, but their victory at this year's Rolex 24 proves they provide a quality product. It's made of a great crew, fantastic engineering, and a terrible PR writer, I really look forward to joining the team."

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