We’ve driven nearly all of ’em. Almost every road model, plus some of the great race cars—a 934 and 935, RSRs, a Daytona-winning Sixties 2.0-liter. Not to mention the extended family, like a Le Mans-winning Rothmans 962, a few 959s, Jerry Seinfeld’s 1964 “Butzi” car, the list goes on.
Why do people love (and hate) the Porsche 911? Are the great ones worth the money? Can a reasonable person grow to love a good 911 if they don't much like the things to begin with?
Cliché questions. We hit them here, then go deeper: What do you learn strapping into all that unobtainium?
Ross and Sam have some rare wheel hours with Porsche's finest. And they might have some answers.
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SPECIAL GUEST: This episode marks the return of the legendary Kyle Kinard, formerly of Road & Track!
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IN THIS EP: Ross battling 911s as a BMW factory driver — Alois Ruf tossing Sam the keys to the 200-mph “Yellow Bird” CTR prototype and telling him to rip around Germany for an afternoon — Sam track-testing a Le Mans-winning 934 and a Fabcar 935 on the same day for R&T — Ross racing an RSR at Daytona with a bunch of babies — Sam writing the world’s first track test of a Singer-restored 911 — and more!
(Warning: There is also much Porsche-nerd-speak.)
This show’s format rotates weekly, because squirrel. We call this format “MY LIFE WITH.”
This episode was produced by Sam Smith.
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ABOUT THE SHOW:
It’s Not the Car is a podcast about people and speed. We tell racing stories and leave out the boring parts.
Ross Bentley is a former IndyCar driver, a bestselling author, and a world-renowned performance coach. Jeff Braun is a champion race engineer. Sam Smith is an award-winning writer and a former executive editor of Road & Track magazine.
We don’t love racing for the nuts and bolts—we love it for what it asks of the meatbag at the wheel.
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