DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY TO HOST PORSCHE RENNSPORT
REUNION III IN NOVEMBER OF 2007

World's Largest Gathering of Porsche Race Cars and Drivers to Highlight Porsche 917 and Celebrate 25th Anniversary of Porsche 956/962

ATLANTA, GA - Dec. 20, 2006 - Porsche Cars North America (PCNA) and Daytona International Speedway today announced Porsche Rennsport Reunion III will take place at the famed Florida racetrack the weekend of November 2-4, 2007.

Sponsored by PCNA and organized by Brian Redman's Intercontinental Events, Inc., Porsche Rennsport Reunion III is open to the public and brings together an unprecedented gathering of significant Porsche vintage and current racecars and those who have driven them to victory in the world's most famous sports car races. It features a three-day program of on-track competition plus a concours d'elegance, which is open to the event's participants by invitation. In addition, special activities are planned honoring the series of awesome
Porsche 917 racecars and commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the racing debut of the all-conquering Porsche 956/962 prototype racers.

Held at three-year intervals, the third edition of Porsche Rennsport Reunion returns to Daytona International Speedway following that track's highly successful staging of Porsche Rennsport Reunion II in 2004. On that occasion, more than 600 Porsche racecars and dozens of legendary Porsche race drivers participated in a truly memorable weekend dedicated to Porsche's motorsport heritage.

"Given the tremendous response to our last event there," said Peter Schwarzenbauer, president and chief executive officer of Porsche Cars North America, "Daytona International
Speedway is the logical choice as the site for Porsche Rennsport Reunion III. It is filled with Porsche racing history and is one of the few tracks in America capable of conducting an event of this magnitude."

Porsche Rennsport Reunion III will honor two of Porsche's most historic racing models

- the Porsche 917 and Porsche 956/962. In coupe form, the 12-cylinder 917/K was the first

Porsche to score an overall win the 24 Hours of Le Mans, scoring back-to-back victories in the 1970 and 1971 editions of the French racing classic. Fitted with twin-turbochargers producing more than 1000 horsepower, the mighty open-cockpit 917/10 and 917/30 rocketed to Sports Car Club of America Can-Am championships in 1972 and 1973. These achievements by the 917 moved Porsche to the forefront of the sports car racing world.

Since making its Le Mans debut in 1982 with a stunning one-two-three overall finish, the Porsche 956 and its 962 stable mate have established themselves as the most successful models in the history of international sports car racing. Among their record number of overall victories spanning 14 seasons are seven in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, six in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, and four in the 12 Hours of Sebring.

Additional details of the Porsche Rennsport Reunion will be published on Porsche's press web site (www.press.porsche.com), Brian Redman's Intercontinental Events web site (www.rennsport2007.com), and Daytona International Speedway's web site: http://www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com/), as they become available.

Ticket information is available by contacting Daytona International Speedway at 1-800-PITSHOP.

 

YESSSSSSSSS! I cannot wait.

 

Sweet!!!

 

Sweet is right.

RR 1 @ Lime Rock was great.

RR 2 @ Daytona was unbelievable.

 

I wonder how that will impact the Daytona Club race & vice-versa?

 

Good point, Larry! I think it will definitely hurt things or the PCA Club Race. How can it not?

 

Most of the guys who were at Rennsport II that I talked to were very dissatisfied with the amount of racing they got. For a spectator event, they said it was great.

 

Great news... Hope I can make it.

 

Now I know what I want for my birthday. I was at Limerock and had a blast. Missed Daytona last time. I cant wait.

 

I will see you there!
Only 11 months to go.

 

That's what I heard too, Larry. PCA is better for track time, Rennsport for spectating. I spectated last time & it was AWESOME!

PS: Care to make a small wager on the game Monday?

 

Sure do. Dallas is going down!

 

I thought we got 4 track sessions at Rennsport II, including the race. I was happy. I will leave my car in Daytona after the PCA race, and may even leave the truck and fly home. The only problem there, is that flying out of Daytona is expensive except to Atlanta, and the East Coast. You can catch DOT (Daytona-Orlando Transportation) to Orlando, and get a cheap flight to almost anywhere.

I really don't think it will hurt either race. But, that is from my point of view, I know I like the idea of getting two race weekends with one tow. Even if I take my truck home, it can still be just one tow. For Middle Floridians it looks like heaven.

Bill Seifert

1987 944S Race Car

 

gaigin

By the way, none of those web-sites you posted lead anywhere. It may have been my computer, but I got an error, or no page on all three of them.

Bill

 

We'll see about that although 'ol Garcia is looking pretty good these days. I'll wager a case of Texas' finest suds:

http://www.shiner.com/

You've got some good breweries up there. What do you think