It's Not the Car Learning to Love (Hate?) the Porsche 911
We’ve driven nearly all of ’em. Nearly every road model, plus some great race cars and extended family—a 934 and 935, a Daytona-winning Sixties 2.0-liter, a Rothmans 962, some 959s and RSRs, even Jerry Seinfeld’s 1964 “Butzi” shorty.
Why do people love (and hate) the Porsche 911? Are the good ones worth the money? Can a reasonable person grow to love a great 911 if they don't like the things to begin with?
Cliché questions. We hit them, 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 “Yellow Bird” CTR prototype and telling him to rip around Germany for an afternoon — Sam lapping 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's also big 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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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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