The Porsche Rennsport Reunion VI was held in September 2018 at Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, CA. A four-day event full of historic and modern racing Porsches, past and present factory drivers, and thousands of Porsche fans. This was the second reunion I attended and I photographed hundreds of cars on display and out on the racetrack. It was an amazing event and I hope attend the next reunion when it’s held in 3 years or so.
Above is the front end of the very first Porsche, built in 1948. A mid-engined, two-seater, it has been restored and usually sits in the Porsche Museum in Germany, but made the trip to the U.S. for the Rennsport Reunion. It even took a few laps around the race course.
One of the thrills of being at the reunion was the opportunity to see and hear from Dr. Wolfgang Porsche (on the left), currently Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Porsche. He is the son of Ferry Porsche (who created that first Porsche car above) and the grandson of company founder, Ferdinand Porsche.
Fan events during the reunion included the autograph sessions with the drivers and engineers of the past, the folks who created and drove the cars that won thousands of races over the past 70 years. Above, automotive engineer, Hans Metzger, signs an autograph for me. He was responsible for designing many of the engines that powered Porsche race cars for decades.
One last photo below. I had the opportunity to drive on the Laguna Seca race track that features the famous “Corkscrew” which drops a total of 109 feet (about a 10 story building). I was only driving a rented Porsche Macan SUV but it was still exciting and a ton of fun. Someone was taking a photo of each car that passed through the corkscrew and sent me this pic of my drive.
