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Injury forces Walter Röhrl out of Nürburgring 24 hour

Monday, April 26th, 2010 Posted in 24 hour race, Porsche, Walter Rohrl | No Comments »

Last last year it was announced that German motorsport legend Walter Röhrl would be making his return to the Nürburgring 24 hour race after a 17 year absence. However, a back injury has forced the 63-year-old to withdraw from the ...

Chris Harris to join Walter Röhrl for N24

Friday, March 12th, 2010 Posted in 24 hour race, Porsche, Walter Rohrl | 2 Comments »

Official confirmation of Walter Röhrl's teammates for his drive in this year's 24 hour race has finally come through. As expected Röhrl will be joined by Evo scribe Chris Harris (35), Sport Auto stalwart Horst von Saurma (55) and also ...

Walter Röhrl returns to 24 hour race

Saturday, December 19th, 2009 Posted in 24 hour race, Porsche, Walter Rohrl | No Comments »

Porsche test driver, dual world rally champion and all round motor racing legend Walter Rohrl will be driving a Porsche 911 GT3 RS at the 2010 Nürburgring 24 hour race. Rohrl will be 63 when the race takes place in ...

Walter Röhrl drives new Porsche 911 GT3, but…

Sunday, February 1st, 2009 Posted in Porsche, Walter Rohrl | 1 Comment »

...not at the Nürburgring. Details of the the new 997.5 Porsche 911 GT3 were released the other day (see AUSmotive for more), and now a promotional video of the car in action has surfaced. As with other similar videos Porsche's most ...

Walter Röhrl entertains passengers around Nürburgring

Sunday, February 24th, 2008 Posted in Video, Walter Rohrl | 2 Comments »

Walter Röhrl entertains a few lucky passengers around a wet Nürburgring Nordschleife. The car? A Porsche 997 GT3 of course. This was part of a promotional event for Bilstein last July. I imagine the rides with Röhrl were highly sought ...

Porsche 911 GT2 promotional video

Monday, February 11th, 2008 Posted in Porsche, Video, Walter Rohrl | 6 Comments »

Porsche has recently released a promotional video clip featuring the rear wheel drive 530bhp (390kW) twin turbo powered 2008 model 911 GT2. Typically, Walter Röhrl is behind the wheel and footage of the car on the Nordschleife is shown. Of ...

Snow on the Nordschleife

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008 Posted in Porsche, Video, Walter Rohrl | 5 Comments »

As I write this post there is snow on the Nordschleife. Bad news if you were hoping to catch a few laps on a Touristenfahrten day, but if you did happen to have a spare 911 Carrera lying around, and ...