PORSCHE ANNOUNCES RENNSPORT REUNION IV TO BE HELD IN OCTOBER

World’s Largest Gathering of Porsche Race Cars and Drivers Seeks New Frontiers,
Makes First Ever West Coast Appearance
Laguna Seca today announced Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV will take place at the famed
California racetrack the weekend of October 14 – 16, 2011.
Sponsored by PCNA, Rennsport Reunion IV brings together an unprecedented gathering of
significant Porsche vintage and current race cars, as well those who have driven them to
victory in the world’s most famous sports car races. The three-day program of on-track
competition is complemented by a concours d’elegance, which is open to invited race
participants, and special activities celebrating the decades-long history of the legendary
911 race cars.
After the highly successful staging of three venues in the East, held every three years, with
the first one held in Lime Rock in 2001, Rennsport Reunion IV will now be moving west,
tapping a vast array of car aficionados and Porsche enthusiasts.
“While the Rennsport name has become a staple fixture for international collectors and
racers over the past ten years, choosing the Monterey Peninsula will open up this one-of-akind
gathering to the many Porsche fans in California and beyond who were previously
unable to attend,” said Detlev von Platen, President and Chief Executive Officer of Porsche
Cars North America. “Now they’ll have the opportunity to see, feel and hear from up close
hundreds of famous Porsche race cars and dozens of their drivers from past and present
during a truly memorable weekend dedicated to Porsche’s motorsport heritage.”
Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV will assemble the wide variety of Porsche’s most historic
racing models from the nimble 550 Spyder of the mid-Fifties through the mighty 917 and
956/962 of the Seventies and Eighties to the highly successful GT3 RSR of the last decade.
Special tribute will be paid to the numerous racing versions of the Porsche 911 and their
countless victories on the dawn of what will become another milestone of this iconic sports
car from Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen.
“This will truly be a rare gathering of significant Porsche race cars on the West Coast,”
commented Gill Campbell, CEO/general manager of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. “Porsche
has a long racing tradition in Monterey and we look forward to celebrating its heritage in a
befitting manner for everyone to enjoy.”
Complementing the Rennsport Reunion IV venue is the Porsche Race Car Classic, an
exclusive concours held at nearby Quail Lodge in Carmel on Sunday, October 16. Steve
Heinrichs, producer of the Porsche Race Car Classic, explained, “this once-in-a-lifetime
gathering of vintage Porsche race cars solely from Porsche’s break-out era of 1950-1965
will raise critical funding to directly support lung cancer research. We’ll have Gmünds,
Glöcklers, 550s, 718s, 804s, 904s, 356s, Abarths and more - in numbers and provenance
never before seen.”
Additional details of the Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV will be published on Porsche’s press
web site (www.press.porsche.com), and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca’s web site (http://
www.mazdaraceway.com), as they become available. Ticket information is available by
contacting 800-327-7322 or online at www.mazdaraceway.com.
Sunday
The Porsche Race Car Classic, to be held at nearby Quail Lodge in Carmel on Sunday October 16, will complement Rennsport IV. The Porsche Race Car Classic will celebrate Porsche’s most significant early race cars and pilots in a non-concours environment. Steve Heinrichs, producer of the Porsche Race Car Classic explains, “This gathering of production and purpose-built race cars from Porsche’s break-out era of 1950-1965 will include Gmünds, Glöcklers, 550s, 718s, 804s, 904s, 356s, Abarths and more - in numbers and provenance never before seen.”
The organizers at PCNA and PRCC are coordinating their activities so that some of these entries will see track time at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca prior to the PRCC gathering on Sunday at Quail. “We are thrilled to be part of this historic Porsche race car weekend,” said Heinrichs, “ and we’re proud to be donating all net proceeds to aid lung cancer research.”
While the approximately 200 cars at the Porsche Race Car Classic will be by-invitation-only, the general public is invited to celebrate alongside the cars and drivers that made Porsche famous and the event is expected to sell out.
For more information and to purchase tickets visit www.porscheracecarclassic.com.
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