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2014 Porsche 991 GT3 Cup
This 2014 model 991 Cup is an affordable way into PCA’s competitive C6 or Trophy East classes. In this case, affordable does not indicate compromised performance, as this car holds PCA track records at Road Atlanta, Road America and VIR. This 991 is available for immediate inspection and sale at our Charleston, SC facility for SOLD.
Updates critical to performance and reliability have been made. The fuel system is the latest spec and the Cosworth data system has the brake pressure and steering upgrades. The paddle shift system was recently refreshed by Shiftec.
Total time on the car and engine clocks in at 72 hours. There was some superficial damage from the previous owner, but the repair was acceptable.
More photos available at the gallery below.
VIR PCA 2018 Photo Gallery
VIR PCA 2018 Video
900 Pounds of Ice: VIR PCA 2015
The VIRginia International Raceway PCA Club Race in June has traditionally been the hottest weekend on the calendar, and 2015 regrettably did not break that trend with heat indices over 100F every day. We did indeed use a staggering 900 pounds of ice between set-up on Thursday and pack-up on Sunday. The intense heat takes its toll on people and race cars alike, and unfortunately, not even we were immune from the effects. One transmission did not survive the weekend, and on a few occasions, we had shifter cable ends pop-off the transmission. Still that did not keep us from producing very impressive results.
David Baum ran our World Challenge Cayman, and though it does not really have a class that fits, David was consistently in podium contention despite being out-gunned by early 911s built for the class. In H-class, Bob Hahn and Jimmy Martin were dicing for podium positions in the sprint races. Jimmy also won the fun race, and he and Cory finished 1st overall in the Enduro. Chris Lewis was running respectably in the huge GTB1 class in the sprint races. He and Cory co-drove the enduro, and in the warm-up, Cory took down the B1 track record by a comfortable margin. Chris took the checkered flag for the enduro in 2nd place.
In the “Cup” race group, Cory, Joe, Chris, Gary and Mac were consistently among the top-5 cars overall. Mac McGehee moved up from C4 to C5 class this weekend, and he adapted very well to the new car, winning the fun race and finishing 1st and 2nd in the two sprint races. The only C5 car quicker than Mac was Gary Pennington who reset his own C5 track record from last season. Chris Brown did not have much competition in C6, but a 4.0 liter RSR offered some challenge. Chris swept class wins and track record, always finishing 3rd overall behind Joe and Cory. Joe Toussaint had a strong weekend, consistently turning laps under the previous track record. In the enduro, Joe had such a massive lead, that even when a tire let go with a few minutes remaining, he still ended up 3rd overall. Cory Friedman also completed the sweep on the weekend, topping every practice and sprint race, beating the old overall track record, then kept raising the bar from there.
With every driver earning a podium and no less than 7 class wins and 4 class track records, we are certainly happy with the results. Add no rain and no crashes to that list, and you end up with a weekend that’s pretty hard to beat.
Please see gallery below for more photos.
2014 PCA Season by the Numbers
The PCA calendar traditionally starts at Sebring, and around 8 months and just short of 100 podium finishes later, our 2014 PCA season ended at Daytona.
Summary:
9 Races (Sebring, Atlanta, Roebling, COTA, Watkins Glen, VIR, Summit Point, Road America, Daytona)
26 cars driven by 23 drivers – 14 drivers earned class wins, and 17 had podium finishes
3 drivers finished top-3 in the PCA national points championship (Joe Toussaint, Charles Price, Jim Leslie)
1 National Points Champion, Jim Leslie GTC3
8 New Track Records set
45 Class Wins
92 Class Podium Finishes
The 2015 Season should be similar with the only notable addition being the Charlotte Motor Speedway event to close out the year. It may be too much to ask to improve on these numbers this season, but we will be rolling into Sebring with a dozen cars. Perhaps 100-podiums in a season is achievable.
