The car was created with the help of belgian luxury car dealer deman brussels and is, at its core, a porsche 911 991 cup mr the manthey racingmodified version of porsches 911 cup car. Porsche everyday dedeporsches blog its all about porsche. British racing driver sean edwards killed in crash in. May 26, 2017 porsche supercup monaco 2017 practice multiple car crashes. Porsche mobil 1 supercup driver sean edwards killed in.
The porsche mobil 1 supercup is the flagship series of porsche s onemake cups worldwide. Actual monthly payment determined by your authorized porsche dealer. Racing world remembers al holbert 30 years after his tragic. Faster on wet tracks, faster on dry tracks, and 50% more track laps. The british driver sean edwards has been killed in an accident during a private test at queensland raceway in australia. Michelin pilot sport cup 2 tires allow you to make the most out of your sports car. Oct 15, 20 edwards, the supercup championship leader, was in the passenger seat as an instructor for a private training session at queensland raceway at willowbank, outside brisbane, porsche motorsport said. Former porsche carrera cup gb champion and current aston martin factory driver charlie eastwood will look to continue on from his fantastic form in 2019, a season in which he secured the proam championship in the blancpain gt series endurance cup and also achieved two gte am class wins in the fia world endurance championship. The death of the four officers is the single deadliest day for victoria police in history. He also holds the record for the most wins by a masters porsche cup driver in history. Ryan lowry, 36, suffered fatal injuries after being attacked by a man who had earlier been seen smashing up. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. While there are definitely some big dollar porsche cup series, there are also some series like the pirelli drivers cup where older cars abandoned by the big boys come out to play. Its stupid, cj wilson racing driver and parttime lumberjack danny burkett told jalopnik of his recently purchased 1986 porsche 944 turbo.
Porsche uses cookies to optimise and improve the website, as well as enable the availability of certain functions. Use the filters to narrow down your selection based on price, year and mileage to help find your dream porsche 911 964 cup. Edwards won the nurburgring and dubai 24 hours this year. Bjr has signed karting graduate josh fife as its first driver for the thirdtier class, which will conduct four of its five 2019 rounds at supercars events. Edwards was the son of 1970s formula 1 driver guy edwards. As part of the fia formula 1 world championship, professional teams and drivers enter the fastest international manufacturers cup in highperformance, technically identical racing cars. The porsche 550 spyder in which actor james dean was killed may have been found after being lost for 55 years, abc 7 in chicago reports. Sep 27, 2018 with a bigtime sponsor and the allnew porsche 962 gtp machine, holbert and his co driver, derek bell, were a juggernaut in the 1985 and 1986 camel gt road racing series in imsa.
May 22, 2014 over time however, the tuning became more ambitious, extending well beyond the scope of the original 1968 manual and climaxing with super builds like the wevo built pvx, a 1969 porsche 912 with a water cooled, 425hp 996 gt3 cup engine mounted under its carbon deck lid. This is the car that inspired the porsche rgruppe petrolicious. Omans alfaisal alzubair overcame a slow start to his qualifying session for the eighth round of the porsche mobil 1 super cup at monza to set a stunning late lap of 1min 49. A racing driver was chased down a suburban street and hacked to death with an axe. The 26yearold qualified in tenth place at the seasonending final race in mexico city and then made his way consistently through the field to finish in ninth place in both races. Porsche gt3 cup race abandoned after huge 9car pileup. Porsche gt3 cup race abandoned after huge crash sends four.
Sparks head of sport jeff latch said spark had secured rights to the formula one and formula two championships, gp3 series and the 2019 porsche super cup series, for three years, starting with. Hartmut kristen, head of motorsport at porsche, called sean edwards one of the most popular and successful drivers in the porsche series. Since then he has competed in many gt3 cup races in north america and has brought home 4 consecutive canadian platinum cup masters championship for the mark motors racing team. Edwards, the supercup championship leader, was in the passenger seat as an instructor for a private training session at queensland raceway at. Nov 10, 2019 john dagys is the founder and editorinchief of sportscar365 as well as the recently launched eracing365 web site for electric racing. Chris harris vip driver in silverstone porsche mobil 1 supercup. Image courtesy of clydeyellow 2017 is shaping up to be a massive year for racing games, in part due to the sudden and very welcome availability of porsche across the genre. Ap dan gurney, the first driver with victories in each of the formula one, indycar and nascar cup series, died sunday from complications of pneumonia. Motorsport hall to induct 17 at autoshow celebration the star. Drivers pro pro am porsche payce carrera cup australia.
Porsche gt3 cup challenge canada sunday at calabogie motorsports park sunday. An accused drugdriver allegedly swore at a police officer, telling her amazing, absolutely amazing as she lay dying after a truck ploughed into her and three colleagues on a melbourne freeway. That was the absolute worst time of my life, reynolds told host aaron noonan. Pmrc porsche breaking news six new porsche cup cars headed to australia. Championship points standings for the porsche supercup 1998. Ben barker will return to the porsche mobil1 supercup for a second season after inking a deal to join the verva lechner racing team for 2014. Supercar rampage in nyc gemballa porsche gt totaled. Feb 02, 2020 a current driver coach for competitors in the porsche gt3 cup challenge, nascar pintys series, ferrari challenge and radical cup, he enjoys a stellar reputation for mentoring young drivers and. The son of former f1 driver guy edwards whose car he drove in the filming of rush, sean won the european gt3 championship in a porsche 911 gt3 cup and. Porsche mobil 1 supercup 2017 standings driver database.
Winners as the first italian in the history of porsche michelin supercup, alessandro zampedri won the championship in 2005. Fridays porsche 911 gt3 cup race at watkins glen had to be halted and abandoned after a massive pileup involving at least nine cars sent four drivers to the hospital, per imsa. Racing world remembers al holbert 30 years after his. The jury had heard that the two men had been racing each other at more than 100mph along the b4494 near newbury, berkshire, as they returned from a porsche owners club rally at nearby. The german spent three years being trained by porsche as a professional race driver and in 2016 took home the titles in the porsche carrera cup deutschland and in the international porsche mobil 1 supercup. British racing driver sean edwards has died in a crash at the queensland raceway in australia. Championship points standings for the porsche supercup 1993. Victoria police continue to hunt for a porsche driver after he allegedly fled the scene of a horrific crash that left four officers dead, with the states top cop strongly suggesting he comes forward. Codriver paul flintoft, 42, was killed instantly, while reynolds was airlifted to hospital with bruising on his brain. Dec 31, 2014 31 charles hoss ellington, 79, nascar team owner from 196888, started 31 sprint cup series races as a driver from 196870, died in wilmington, n. Porsche supercup drivers compete in identical porsche 911 gt3 cup cars. Sixandahalf months after philipp eng was crowned as last years champion, the 2016 porsche mobil 1 supercup season is finally here. Here, a pitcrew member talks to the driver while he waits for.
However, having been signed as a bmw works driver during the winter, the austrian racer wont be on the grid to defend his title this year. John dagys is the founder and editorinchief of sportscar365 as well as the recently launched eracing365 web site for electric racing. Somerset driver ryan cullen finished his porsche mobil 1 supercup series with two confidenceboosting performances in mexico. Spark overtakes sky to pick up rights for formula 1. A porsche driver, who allegedly fled the scene after four police officers were killed in a horror crash in melbourne and put photos on facebook of the graphic crash scene, has been arrested. I know theyve had the nickname of widowmaker for some models, i wondered how true that was. Motor racing is a very tightknit community and, although sean was racing in the porsche super cup in touring cars, its. Barker back in porsche supercup with lechner sportscars.
Offer available on new my20 porsche 911 carrera coupe, 911 carrera cabriolet, 911 carrera 4 coupe, 911 carrera 4 cabriolet, panamera, panamera 4, panamera 10 years edition, panamera 4 10 years edition, macan, cayenne, cayenne coupe and certified preowned porsche vehicles only. Two victorian highway patrol officers intercepted the 911 porsche, travelling at excessive speed, before 6pm on melbournes eastern freeway last night. Dagys spent eight years as a motorsports correspondent for. The combined porsche gt3 cup challenge usa and canada race will be rescheduled for another date. The death of batmobile creator george barris has thrown a wrench into the search for another famous car connected to him a few months after actor james dean died in a highway accident in 1955. New porsche junior in the supercup 15112019 two porsche 911 gt3 r qualify in the top group 28072019 porsche celebrates onetwo victory at endurance classic in belgiumn 27072019 successful gt2 debut with egidio perfetti as winner in the porsche 935 more news.
She then had a brief foray into formula 1 as an affiliated driver with the sauber f1 team in 2014. Edwards at the porsche mobil 1 supercup on the hockenheimring in 2010. Porsche crash driver walks free the porsche 911 was badly damaged. The 2016 porsche mobil 1 supercup was the 24th porsche supercup season. With its newlyshaped airinlets, the coolingair flow at the front increased by 15 percent. British supercup driver sean edwards killed in crash. I wondered how many celebrities of some form or fashion have lost their lives while driving or riding in a porsche street car. James took a break from racing in 2012 before rejoining redline in the porsche carrera cup for the final three weekends of the 2012 championship replacing glynn geddie british gt edit in february 2008, sutton was announced as the fourth driver to be signed for the newly formed cr scuderia. This article applies to the porsche 911 997 20052012. The 26yearold was in a porsche 996 as a passenger when it hit the. Hunt for speeding porsche driver after death of four cops. Most circuits visited by the series are european, although circuits in bahrain, united arab emirates, the united states and mexico have been included in the calendar as well. Race driver sean edwards killed as car hits wall at.
Porsche mobil 1 supercup im porsche newsroom news on the racing series. The front section displays the headlight design of the 911 turbo. Stunning late lap enables al zubair to qualify seventh for. He claimed top position in all of these races for porsche, with models ranging from the 911 carrera rsr to the 962 c. As one of the regions best sports car series, porsche payce carrera cup australia is set for a bumper season in 2019.
May 04, 2017 the ctr3, rufs inhouse hypercar, navigating through the rain in driveclub. However, the case against him of causing death by dangerous driving continues. The rules have been written to allow modifications to older 996 and 997. This is the second race of the weekend that saw drivers being sent to the hospital. The porsche carrera gt project code 980 is a midengine sports car that was manufactured by german automobile manufacturer porsche between 20042007.
The driver of a porsche involved in a crash that killed four aussie. Jason richards last supercar returns to racing supercars. Super dirt cup race touched wheels with another car, car slammed outside wall nose first, flipped six times, slammed the wall again, tail first, it spun in the air and landed upside down don branson usa november 12, 1966 sprint car usac sprint car ascot park. Jul 07, 2018 chris harris has come to silverstone as a vip starter. Porsche supercup monaco 2017 practice multiple car crashes. By continuing to use this website, you agree to our use of cookies. With a bigtime sponsor and the allnew porsche 962 gtp machine, holbert and his codriver, derek bell, were a juggernaut in the 1985 and 1986 camel gt road racing series in imsa. The movie star died in a headon collision on september 30, 1955 at age 24 driving the car on a public road to a race he intended to drive it in. The last supercar raced by the late jason richards will be back in action this year, with brad jones racing in the kumho super3 series.
Sep 08, 2019 omans alfaisal alzubair overcame a slow start to his qualifying session for the eighth round of the porsche mobil 1 super cup at monza to set a stunning late lap of 1min 49. Haywoods career is closely linked to that of his racing colleague peter gregg. Sports car international named the carrera gt number one on its list of top sports cars of the 2000s, and number eight on top sports cars of all time list. In the 1973 canadianamerican challenge cup series, haywood came third with a 1,100 hp porsche 91710 behind mark donohue and george follmer. The 26yearold, born in london, was a passenger in a porsche which hit the barriers during a private. Racing driver hacked to death with axe after being chased. Individual driver statistics for the 1993 porsche supercup. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Now one of supercars biggest stars, reynolds openedup about the accident on the latest episode of the v8 sleuth podcast. Racing driver sean edwards killed in porsche crash in. The driver with the fastest laps will be given a premium watch from porsche design. Former mclaren driver and bbc f1 cocommentator david coulthard said.
Porsche 911 964 cup at classic driver, we offer a worldwide selection of porsche 911 964 cups for sale. The 2019 porsche mobil 1 supercup is the 27th porsche supercup season. Drivers, constructors and team results for the top racing series from around the world at the click of your finger. As we begin, lets first say that there are too many amazing paint schemes in the history of racing to squeeze into just ten slots.
Pages in category porsche supercup drivers the following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 235 total. Brisbane, australia british race driver sean edwards, the leader in the porsche supercup sports car championship, was killed in a crash during a private test session tuesday at queensland raceway. Oct 16, 20 but yesterday, nobody was able to save british driver sean edwards the son of formula 1 driver guy when the porsche he was a passenger in hit the wall at queensland raceway, bursting into flames. Porsche supercup driver sean edwards killed in crash edmunds. The swiss woman has spent the last three years competing in the australian super cars championship. Nascar cup 2019 results and standings for top drivers and teams.