Forum Photos Prove Rennsport Reunion VI Was One for the Ages

By James Sapienza - October 15, 2018

If you couldn’t make it this year, this is the next best thing.

When people think automotive love-fests, they usually think of the hippie-centric Volkswagen world. But for the real thing, you’d have to look at Volkswagen’s cousin, Porsche. In 2001, Porsche Cars North America and legendary driver Brian Redman held the first Rennsport (German for “motorsport”) Reunion at Lime Rock, Connecticut. Since then, the historic races have grown in stature and attendance.

The last Reunion was held in 2015. This year at Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca, it drew over 80,000 fans – some 20,000 more than the last event. What’s more, over 2,500 cars attended. It was a gathering of Porsches past, present, and future. There were priceless ’50s-era race cars. There was the bonkers 917 of the 1970s. Hell, there was even a race of Porsche Diesel Junior tractors, complete with a Le Mans running start.

And, of course, there was the reintroduction of the iconic Porsche 935, now underpinned by modern 991 GT2 RS mechanicals. In short, it was a lot. And if you weren’t there, don’t feel too bad. Rennlist forum member CAlexio was, and they were able to get tons of great shots. Here are some highlights.

Starting off, they show us an 80’s-era Formula 1 car with a TAG-Porsche engine. As cool as that is, they describe their favorite car from the show: “It was this Ron Dennis special recreation.. a 1980’s 930 Turbo.. with a Porsche-TAG Formula 1 engine in it. No aesthetic changes, no giveaways, a total sleeper. Seriously, a 911 with a full-on Formula 1 engine in it. Speechless.” Here’s the F1 car:

And here’s the bonkers 930. If The Widowmaker was a handful to drive in stock form, we’d love to see how this one handles at full throttle.

Nothing to see here. Just a group of Porsche 959s hanging out like they would in your local Costco parking lot.

Of course, here’s the new 935. You could get lost in any detail on this car. It’s just stunning.

Also on hand was the bonkers 500 horsepower 4.0-liter Singer-Williams engine from the Singer 911 BLS. Even out of the car it looks like a sculpture.

Continuing on the trend of modern Porsches, here’s the 919 Hybrid Evo that annihilated the lap record at the Nürburgring in August.

Going back to 1998, here’s the last road car to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans: The 911 GT1 driven by Allan McNish, Laurent Aïello, and Stéphane Ortelli.

Are you an old-school believer that the pinnacle the pinnacle of Porsche Racing was a Gulf-liveried 917K? Well, here are two of them.

And last but not least, here’s a gorgeous 1958 1600 Super. By the looks of it, we wouldn’t be surprised if it drove from Florida to California under its own power. Priceless museum pieces are undeniably cool. But the best part of Rennsport is that these cars are driven. And isn’t that how it’s supposed to be?