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MISC:: Porsche announces major historic motorsports event

16 January 2001

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

ATLANTA, GA-- In the spirit of events held at Monterey and Watkins Glen during Porsche's 50th Anniversary celebration in 1998, Porsche Cars North America, in conjunction with Brian Redman and his Intercontinental Events, Inc., today annou nced the creation of a race meeting featuring vintage Porsche race cars and legendary Porsche race drivers.

Called the Porsche Rennsport Reunion, the new event will be held at Connecticut's Lime Rock Park on July 27-29, 2001. It will feature a three-day program of on-track competition plus a Sunday Concours d'Elegance, which will be open to the event's participa nts by invitation.

The Porsche Rennsport Reunion, open to the public, will bring together an unprecedented gathering of significant Porsche vintage race cars, Porsche Club racers, former Porsche factory drivers and a selection of ten of the most significant Porsche race cars from the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, Germany.

"The Rennsport Reunion will highlight some of the most significant and historic racing cars in Porsche's storied history," said Fred Schwab, president and C.E.O. of Porsche Cars of North America. "It will also serve to re-unite these cars with some of the divers who took them to glory on race tracks around the world. It will be a very special event!"

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