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GMG Racing Wraps 2024 National Sports Car Racing Season with a Pair of Runner-up Finishes in IMSA Carrera Cup Finale at COTA

October 22, 2024

– Kyle Washington Secures Season-Best Second-Place Masters Class Finish in the No. 32 GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup on Saturday
– James Sofronas Joins Washington in Saturday’s Victory Lane Celebration with a P2 Pro-Am Finish in the No. 14 GMG Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

AUSTIN, Texas (October 21, 2024) – GMG Racing closed out its 2024 national competition season nearly the same way it started over seventh months ago with a pair of podium finishes in the final IMSA Carrera Cup North America race weekend of the year at Circuit of The Americas (COTA). The Saturday and Sunday doubleheader was the third and last Carrera Cup event of the year featuring North America’s premier single-make Porsche racing series on a Formula 1 race weekend. (more…)

Carrera unveils “Carrera Hybrid” at CES – The Latest Innovation in Slot Car Racing

January 23, 2024

(Salzburg, Austria) – January 9, 2024 – At CES 2024, Carrera is unveiling their brand new slot car racing innovation – Carrera Hybrid. Carrera Hybrid offers the perfect combination of gaming and racing fun as the vehicles are not tied to their own lane. They can, however, race freely across the track and switch lanes. AI support enables an extremely realistic driving experience and makes racing more fun than ever!

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1964 Porsche 904 Carrera GTS Leads Broad Arrow’s $20 Million Sale at Porsche 75th Anniversary Auction

June 13, 2023

Grosse Pointe, MI, June 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — (ATLANTA, Georgia) 12 June 2023 – Broad Arrow Auctions, a Hagerty (NYSE: HGTY) company, today announced official results from its Porsche 75th Anniversary Auction held at the Porsche Experience Center in Atlanta on 10 June.

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Chambers and Stewart Named Recipients of Porsche Deluxe Female Driver Development Program

May 25, 2023

Carson, California. Porsche Motorsport North America (PMNA) and Deluxe Corporation have expanded the Porsche Deluxe Female Driver Development Program with two more drivers, Chloe Chambers and Madeline Stewart. Chambers represents the Cayman class, which uses the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport, while Stewart will carry the banner for the class utilizing the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 992 race car. Chambers and Stewart join Sabré Cook as the 2023 recipients of the Porsche Deluxe Female Driver Development Program scholarship.

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Will Martin to Pilot the No.9 JDX Racing / MIT Go / Byers Porsche in Porsche Carrera Cup

March 9, 2023

LOVELAND, CO. – JDX Racing is excited to announce the signing of Will Martin. Martin will drive the No. 9 JDX Racing / MIT Go / Byers Porsche in the Porsche Carrera Cup North America Presented by Deluxe. The season starts next week with the season opener at Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida. (more…)

Wright Motorsports Entries Return to Porsche Deluxe Carrera Cup North America

March 8, 2023

BATAVIA, Ohio. (March 7, 2023) – Next week a new season is set to begin at Sebring International Raceway for the Porsche Deluxe Carrera Cup North America. Wright Motorsports will contest a pair of full-season entries with the return of Varun Choksey and John Goetz to the single-make series. (more…)

Porsche Announces 2023 Schedule And Deluxe Title Partnership For Carrera Cup North America

February 9, 2023

Carson, California. Porsche Motorsport North America is set to contest its most dynamic Porsche Carrera Cup North America season to date. The premier one-make race series in the United States and Canada will be renamed the Porsche Deluxe Carrera Cup North America while also expanding its stage in 2023. The Carrera Cup North America will join Formula 1® twice, NASCAR once and the IMSA/IndyCar doubleheader at Long Beach in the upcoming season.

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The World’s Best-Sounding Drag Race: Lexus LFA vs Porsche Carrera GT vs Audi RS3

October 7, 2022

Mike here… my auto racing and motorsports interests are so much more than just stock car racing… MUCH more. I have come to love the sound of a certain manufacturer’s 5 cylinder engine almost as much as a nicely-cammed muscle car V8. And 10 cylinders? Twice as nice.

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Thompson Crowned 2022 Carrera Cup North America Champion at Road Atlanta

October 3, 2022

“I’m so proud of this JDX Racing team! All season long we battled, and usually from behind. We worked, we studied, and we never quit. That takes great leadership. Jeremy and JoAnne Dale along with Harrison Brix aren’t just the letters in JDX, they are the reason I have a career in Motorsports and a Championship today.

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