Z356

I just came back from a reception held at Porsche of Colorado Springs for Jeff Zwart. For more details of that please go to the RL gt3 forum at this link:

https://rennlist.com/forums/997-gt2-...ml#post8658992

But, related to that, here are photos of one of the 'Official Pace Car' of this year's Pikes Peak International Hill Climb - the Race to the Clouds!

Saludos, z356 (currently in beautiful Colorado)

Marine Blue

That is awesome!

Can you try to get a few shots of it in action? Would be cool to keep this in my phot collection.

Z356

Afshin, I am not going back for the Hill Climb on June 26th. That mountain course will be a zoo crowded with people and revelry. Instead, I will try to catch it via streaming internet if available. I decided to do my 6 hour round-trip to Colorado Springs from Vail yesterday to get 'quality time', talking to Jeff and seeing the 'race' car close up. On the hill climb, it would have been flying past me in a few seconds and that is it! But I am sure you might see photos of the Spyder Pace Car on the web or TV reports, internet videos or in the auto magazines! z356

curve lover

Eduardo-- Glad you enjoyed Colorado Springs; I'm sure the drive was blast!
A couple of hyperlinks below that should help:

curve lover

The above post & a lot more information are on the 993 Forum's "Porsches on Pikes Peak: Int'l Hill Climb; Jeff Zwart in Colorado Springs- GT2RS, 993s" thread...

Z356

Curve Lover: Yes, I loved the ride down to Colorado Springs from the Vail area. Went the interior route - Route 9 then 24 - so I got a chance to see that sparse area of Colorado!

Re: your "Joe's doing well in Colorado Springs, though I didn't get the full story on his broken arm. Hope he heals quickly." The story is he took a tumble on his mountain bike near the dealership. I think the real trouble was in his hand and fingers. So they resolved matters by giving him a cast to make sure it all heals properly. Did you see his wife and little girl? I do wish him at his new dealership post much success!

Saludos, Eduardo (in absolutely gorgeous Colorado!)

PS Attached is a photo of the Gore Range taken on I70 near our home in Vail Valley from inside our car! I hope you all will agree these are world class views!

Plavan

With the sports seats instead of buckets....... Yawn.....

Z356

Plavan, I am with you on the buckets, buddy! But if you are talking about the Pace Car, it is just a used Boxster Spyder Porsche of Colorado Springs had available and it was used just for publicity on the week of the Pikes Peak Hill Climb. All people saw was that it was a Spyder, not what kind of seats it had!

You be surprised to see how many Spyders have been ordered by dealers (and some customers) with leather sport seats instead of buckets. As much as I like heated seats, which the buckets do not provide, the smart money says pick the Recaro buckets when you order a new Spyder, Cayman R or a .2 gt3 RS! Forget that these are the right seats for all enthusiasts, it is just a wiser $ choice - that simple. The sport leather seats go for less than half what the sport buckets sell in the aftermarket! So the buckets are part of the great deal that represents value in your purchase of a new Spyder, Cayman R or gt3 RS!

By the way, a few year ago BWW was selling a neat fleece vest that was wired and heated, connected electrically via a 12v plug into the accessory outlet in their Z3's...or any car. I am planning to see if I can get one of those to go with my '12 Spyder with sport buckets when the latter arrives in August! z356

curve lover

Eduardo-- I agree!

^^ Photography by Bob Bills.