About the porsche

All Porsche sports cars were meant to be
raced. The cars while quite good at the normal
daily driving, really come alive on a track,
especially when race prepped. While Porsche
mainly races the Porsche 911 and at times
special race variants, cars such as the Porsche
914, Porsche 944, Porsche Boxster and
Porsche Cayman (just to name a few) have
shown to be very good on the track.
Need proof of this? Just look at what Dan
Clarke has done with a Porsche Cayman S in
the Intercontinental Trophy Cup Series. Last
Sunday at the New Jersey Motorsports Park he
dominated the competition in the series. While
I love the Porsche 911, one does wonder why
Porsche doesn’t look at the possibility of a
Porsche Cayman race car. Just think of a
Porsche Cayman RSR with the same power as
the Porsche 911! The handling would be
brilliant and then it would have a lot of power
(although the 330 hp in the Porsche Cayman
that Dan drove is not bad). It could be such a
good car that it could possibly beat the
Porsche 911 on many tracks.
While the Porsche 911 makes a great race car
and a good driver can do some really amazing
things with the platform, one has to wonder if
the more balanced Porsche Cayman would end
up being a faster car overall. You would loose
a lot of traction, but should be able to take
the corners a bit faster and if the power was
the same it could make for an interesting race.
While I don’t think Porsche will (or should)
abandon the Porsche 911 race car, the
addition of a Porsche Cayman race car would
be interesting (it may also help increase sales
as people like to drive what they see raced). I
doubt it will ever happen, but then at one time
Porsche did race the Porsche 924 Carrera GT
at Le Mans, so anything is possible.