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– the runner-up entrant in the 1960 race would go on to
be a part of a Porsche, Sebring and sports car racing tradition
that carries through to this day: Brumos Racing.
In celebration of IMSA’s Golden Anniversary, Porsche has
brought back the familiar red, white and blue livery of Brumos
Racing for the rst two endurance events of the season.
The most celebrated sports car races in North America
– the Rolex 4 at aytona and the Mobil 1 Twelve
Hours of Sebring – play host to the fourth “retro-livery”
for Porsche in the last two years. The Nos. 911 and 91
Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSRs will carry the stylized
blue and red stripes and “sweeps” made famous by
the Jacksonville, Florida-based team in the “Florida 36”.
At aytona in January, the Porsche “works” team earned
the GTLM class pole position (No. 911 Porsche 911 RSR)
and had a third-place nish in class (No. 91 Porsche
911 RSR) carrying the Brumos colors.
The livery, designed in-house at Porsche, pulls directly
from decades of Brumos Racing competition. The blue
and red stripes running from nose-to-tail are easily spotted
from a distance but, upon closer examination, reveal
the familiar solid stripes are actually comprised of a
closely laid grid of the number 59 to commemorate the
car number so closely aligned with Brumos. The “sweeps”
down the sides from headlight to taillight, draw directly
from the team’s historic livery. A white windshield banner
and rear wing mark the No. 911 shared by 018 Sebring
Porsche 935 – A True Interpretation
of the Original Intention
Porsche did the unthinkable in the fall of 2018… they
introduced a brand new 935. Just as it had in 1978,
Porsche Motorsport caught the automotive world completely
by surprise with something so familiar yet so foreign…
something unmistakably Porsche. On September
27, 2018, the curtain was raised on the main stage at
Porsche Rennsport Reunion VI to show a 700 hp modern
interpretation of the all-conquering 935-race car. Like the
original, the 2019 model year Porsche draws from the
road-going 911, in this case the 911 GT2 RS, and will be
built in limited numbers – only 77 – for track use only.
Even with a two-year overall winning streak at the Mobil
1 Twelve Hours of Sebring using the 911 Carrera RSR,
Porsche offered the 935 to IMSA customers beginning
in 1978. hen that rst 935 93578 was rolled onto the
track, it immediately set multiple new benchmarks. With
a debut victory shared by Brian Redman, Charles Mendez
and Bob Garretson, the ever-evolving 935 captured
a total of six Sebring victories from 1978 – 1982 and,
following a Porsche 93 win in 1983, again for a nal
title in 1984. During that time luminaries such as Hurley
Haywood, Al Holbert, Bruce Leven, John Paul Jr., Bob
Akin, Dick Barbour, Stefan Johansson and John Fitzpatrick
added to the 935’s legendary win-total on the former
aireld race course.
Like its historic predecessor, most of the body of the new
935 has been updated or enhanced for on-track performance.
With its streamlined extended rear, the new 935
reaches a length of nearly 16-feet and is over six-and-a
half-feet wide. The aerodynamics are a completely new
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The Brumos Porsche 935 at Sebring in 1981. Brumos and Porsche are both in the Sebring Hall of Fame.