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5,000 people, 450 Porsches and 1 urban outlaw make Rennsport a winnerAustralian Porsche Festival a complete success

Australia. The second running of the Porsche Rennsport Australia Motor Racing Festival last weekend was a complete success with Porsche enthusiasts from around the country, across the Tasman as well as from Europe and North America descending into Sydney Motorsport Park.

Naturally, the cars were the stars, both on and off the track. More than 200 Porsches took to the circuit for either competition or demonstration, highlighted by the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Pro-Am endurance races and very fast laps from two historic Le-Mans winning Porsches.

Dozens of priceless racing and road going Porsches of Australian significance lined up in the Porschestrasse with a further 100 on official display, from a rare and immaculate 1989 Porsche 911 Speedster to a fully-restored single cylinder bright red Porsche tractor.

The human face of the Festival was self-proclaimed ‘urban outlaw’ and Porsche cult figure Magnus Walker, who flew in from Los Angeles to participate in the second running of Rennsport Australia after hearing about the inaugural down under Porsche event of 2013.

“This is my first time in Australia and I’m not going to forget it in a hurry,” said Walker.

“You guys are real Porsche enthusiasts down here. You love your Porsche racing and Porsche road cars and I’ve been really impressed with the quality of what I’ve seen here. Everything from air-cooled to water-cooled, front-engine to mid-engine to rear-engine, from original to decked out … you guys have got all the Porsche bases covered with some outstanding and really cool cars.”

Many of the 5,000 participants over the two days formed long queues for autographs and photos with the bearded Porsche hero, who was happy to give all his time talking with and acknowledging his fans.

The second running of the Porsche Rennsport Australia Motor Racing Festival bettered the first in all ways – more Porsches on track, more Porsches on display, more Porsche activities and more Porsche fans attending.

“The Porsche Rennsport concept is a great one and we have shown again that it works, especially in an ‘enthusiasts’ market like Australia where the Porsche passion runs deep,” said Porsche Cars Australia (PCA) Managing Director and CEO, Sam Curtis.

“Porsche is a special brand in so far that its appeal extends through the ages. Whether it is modern or historic race cars, road cars from the early air-cooled era, new and fast Porsches like the GT3 RS or gorgeous open top cars like the original 356 Cabriolet, there is always a Porsche to admire.”

3/5/2016