It ain't Le Mans. The cars aren't exactly 917Ks. And none of the drivers is likely the next coming of Mark Donohue. Still, we find the new Cayman Interseries single-model spec racing series pretty cool. That has something to do with pork. But let's start at the beginning.
The series, which pits new identical Porsche Cayman S racers against each other, started its first season at Road Atlanta recently. It's planning to also make visits to Daytona, Sebring, Road America and Watkins Glen. The cars are prepared by Napleton Porsche in Illinois. The series is sanctioned by the Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR). Wait...Historic?
Well, sort of. Each of the Caymans is outfitted in a legendary livery (sponsorship/paint scheme) from Porsche's racing history. The obvious ones are all there: Gulf Oil, Martini, Rothmans, Lowenbrau and so forth. And then at about minute 3:05 in the above video we get our first and best look at it--one of our all-time favorite liveries, the Pink Pig.
The original Pink Pig was a 1971 917/20 that featured over its low-drag and flaming pink bodywork a butcher's carcass diagram, with the names of the cuts of meat (in German) written on it. It raced only at the '71 24 Hours of Le Mans and did not finish. Still, cool.
subytrojan says:
06:50 PM, 05/ 7/10
I remember Jack Baldwin dominating SCCA Trans Am competition in the Hot Wheels Chevrolet Camaro! :o) He and Scott Sharp were the men to beat before the Ron Fellows and Tommy Kendall era.