The Porsche Rennsport Reunion 2018 was held September 27-30 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Salinas, California. The third West Coast appearance of Rennsport Reunion saw 350 Porsche race cars battle on the 2.238-mile, 11-turn road course on the Monterey Peninsula.
More than 81,000 attended Porsche Rennsport Reunion VI, the highest attendance at Laguna Seca in five years and easily broke the Rennsport Reunion V record of more than 60,000 at the previous event in 2015, which was also held at Laguna Seca. Beyond the numbers, there was seven decades of Porsche models โ from the blistering-fast 919 Hybrid Evo to bright-red Porsche tractors from the brandโs early days.
Rennsport Reunion VI was the culmination of this yearโs global celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the first Porsche sports car. The original 356 No. 1 Roadster was on display at Rennsport and even took to the track, piloted by none other than Dr. Wolfgang Porsche, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Porsche AG and son of Ferdinand โFerryโ Porsche, who built the first Porsche sports car.
โEvery Porsche car has a soul, and Rennsport has its own soul thanks to the emotional response of enthusiasts who come from around the world,โ said Klaus Zellmer, President and CEO of Porsche Cars North America. โWe are deeply grateful to the champion drivers and brilliant engineers behind more than 30,000 Porsche motorsports victories so far โ who help us develop on the track what we bring to the street. Celebrating this heritage together with the extended Porsche family of fans made Rennsport Reunion VI the biggest and best yet, and the most thrilling.โ
Approximately 50 legendary drivers, 500 historic and customer cars, including 350 cars in competition, and the full Porsche Factory Team were in attendance at Porsche Rennsport Reunion 2018. In addition, 1,600 Porsche cars were on display in the Porsche Club of America corral.
Similar to the 2011 and 2015 events, Sports Car Digest also documented Porsche Rennsport Reunion VI, with Victor Varela producing the following images from this yearโs Porsche-focused event.
Porsche Rennsport Reunion 2018 โ Photo Gallery (photos: Victor Varela)
Bruce Boeder โ 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS
Porsche Diesel Tractor
Porsche 907s on display
718 RSK Spyders
1960 718 RS 60 Spyders
1969 Porsche 917 K Coupe
Cameron Healy โ 1970 Porsche 908/3
Chris MacAllister โ 1969 Porsche 917K
Gunnar Jeannette โ 1969 Porsche 908/02
Richard Griot โ 1969 Porsche 908/02 Spyder
Dener Pires โ 1969 Porsche 908/02
Wayne Baker โ 1954 Porsche 356 Pre-A Coupe
Robert Van Zelst โ 1955 Porsche 356 Speedster
Richard Griot โ 1969 Porsche 908/02 Spyder
Group 5 races towards turn 10
Gunnar Jeannette โ 2007 Porsche RS Spyder
David Lockwood โ 2007 Porsche RS Spyder
Bruce Canepa โ 1989 Porsche 962C
Dan Curry โ 1985 Porsche 962
North Amercan P-51H Mustang flies over Laguna Seca
Ricardo Stewart-Smith Milne โ 2009 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
Josh Simpson โ 2012 Porsche RSR
Jim Bouzaglou โ 1973 Porsche 911 RSR
Andrew Eagan โ 1980 Porsche 924
Erich Joiner โ 1972 Porsche 911 RSR
March-Porsche CART/Indy Car V8
1998 Porsche GT1
David Lockwood โ 2007 Porsche RS Spyder
Gunnar Jeannette โ 2007 Porsche RS Spyder
Porsche tails on display
Pretty 911s all in a row
Rally lights
Niki Laudaโs F1 McLaren MP4/2 TAG Porsche
Q&A with Jeff Zwart Hurley Haywood and Bobby Rahal
718 RSK Spyders
1998 Porsche GT1
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