{"id":494821,"date":"2015-09-29T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=87452"},"modified":"2024-12-08T15:33:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T15:33:50","slug":"porsche-rennsport-reunion-v-2015-report-and-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/porsche-rennsport-reunion-v-2015-report-and-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche Rennsport Reunion V (2015) – Recap & Photo Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Porsche Rennsport Reunion V 2015 was held September 24-27 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Salinas, California. The second West Coast appearance of Rennsport Reunion saw more than 300 Porsche race cars battle on the 2.238-mile, 11-turn road course on the Monterey Peninsula.<\/p>\n

Hosted by Porsche Cars North America, the world’s largest gathering of Porsche race cars featured a wide variety of historic racing models, from the nimble 550 Spyder of the mid-1950s through the mighty 917 and 956\/962 of the Seventies and Eighties to the successful RS Spyder of the last decade. A record crowd of 57,531 enthusiasts witnessed the unprecedented display of Porsche motor racing history and heritage.<\/p>\n

Porsche celebrated all things “Porsche at Le Mans” at Rennsport Reunion V 2015, making Jacky Ickx and Hurley Haywood an easy choice for Co-Grand Marshals. The two most successful racers for Porsche at the 24 Hour race in France, one from each side of the Atlantic Ocean. The Belgian won the world’s most famous long distance race six times, with the American notching up three victories. Moreover, Haywood won the Daytona 24 hour race five times.<\/p>\n

The Porsche Factory LMP1 team was a special ingredient of this year’s Porsche Rennsport Reunion V. Direct from its overall victory at the Lone Star Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas, the 919 Hybrid, the first overall winner at the 24 Hours of Le Mans since the 911 GT1-98 did it in 1998, was on display and making demonstration laps. Over 10 current factory drivers were also on hand, including Patrick Long, Jorg Bergmeister, Mark Webber and the 24 Hours of Le Mans winning pair \u2013 Earl Bamber and Nick Tandy.<\/p>\n

The guest list for Porsche Rennsport Reunion V revealed names well entrenched in Porsche Motorsport history. Derek Bell, five time winner for Porsche at Le Mans; George Follmer, Can-Am Champion in the mighty 917\/10; Vic Elford, Monte Carlo and 24 Hours of Daytona winner, on back-to-back weekends; Hans Hermann and Richard Attwood, first overall winners at Le Mans for Porsche in 1970; Hans Stuck, Danny Sullivan, and many others. Overall, there were eleven Le Mans winners among the 50-plus legendary drivers on hand, signing autographs and making appearances over the three days.<\/p>\n

As it should be, a great selection of Porsche race cars took center stage at the 2015 Rennsport Reunion, including several brought in from the museum in Stuttgart:<\/p>\n