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Brumos to offer special edition Porsche 911 GT3 Cup racer

Jonathon Ramsey — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:00:00 EST

Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Performance, Porsche, Racing

The Brumos Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup racer is not only very good at getting around a track, it's very good at getting to the checkered flag in first place. To celebrate the team's 50-plus-year history and winning last year's Rolex Grand-Am championship, Brumos, in conjunction with Porsche, is offering prepping the final five U.S.-spec 2012 911 GT3 Cup cars just like its racers.

The means a 4.0-liter flat-six with more torque and more than 450 horsepower, a Motec data acquisition system, carbon interior bits, a front debris screen, a rev-blipping system for better downshifts and new brake and steering sensors. It will be finished in the white-with-twin-stripes Brumos livery, and offered for $265,259 plus tax for five fortunate buyers. That price will also get owners to a handover ceremony and dinner at Porsche Motorsport North America with Brumos Racing vice president Hurley Haywood and drivers Leh Keen and Andrew Davis.

The cars will be eligible for various domestic racing series. If you want to see what one can do given the right pilot, check out Porsche Motorsport North America driver Patrick Long delivering coffee to his boss. Otherwise, there's a press release below with more details.

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Watch the life of a racer at the 24 Hours of Daytona

Jonathon Ramsey — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:26:00 EST

Filed under: Motorsports, Videos, Porsche, Racing

At this year's Rolex 24 at Daytona, Brumos Racing driver Leh Keen wore a camera strapped to his chest. But he didn't just wear it for the race, he wore it for the entire event, from the plane ride in to the post-race press conference.

Brumos Racing won last year's GT championship and it started off this year by taking third in the #59 Brumos Porsche 911 GT3 at Daytona. One of Keen's co-drivers was Hurley Haywood, who helped win the same race for the same team in 1973 and 1975. Short of smelling the petrol and wiping the champagne off your face, the ensuing video, produced by Porsche, is a terrific example of what it's like being in the driver's seat for a 24-hour endurance race. Check it out after the jump.

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Brumos Porsche honors Hurley Haywood with exclusive 911 Carrera GTS B59 Edition

Noah Joseph — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:29:00 EST

Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Porsche

Settle on buying yourself a Porsche 911 and you've still got a ways to go, narrowing it down to the exact model you want. That's because - with various drivetrain, transmission, body-style, aspirations and other parameters to specify - the iconic rear-engined sports car can be had in about two dozen different variants.

Most of them come straight from the factory, some (like the Speedster and Sport Classic) come from the Exclusive division while others (like the GT3 and GT2 models) are products of the company's motorsport division. But this one comes from a dealership - one specific dealership, in fact.

It's called the Carrera GTS B59 Edition. It's factory-authorized and exclusive to Brumos Porsche of Jacksonville, Florida. It's a tribute model to Hurley Haywood, who took the checkered flag for Porsche at the Daytona 24 Hours four times in the 1970s and once again in '91.

The special neun-elfen starts out with the already-special 911 Carrera GTS, with its 408-horsepower flat-six and Sport Chrono Package Plus, and decks it out in Carrera White with unique blue and red stripes up the side and along the flank, where it highlights the retro manufacturer decal. The door mirrors and 19-inch Fuchs-style wheels are painted black, while inside, the red and blue theme continues with contrasting stitching on the wheel and levers.

Only five examples will be offered exclusively through Brumos Porsche, at a price of $133,540. With those figures, chances are slim that you'll ever see one up close, so better check it out now in the high-res image gallery and the press release after the jump.

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