Rennsport Reunion IV - SUPERSTARS

Star of the show? - The Daimler Benz Porsche transporter - bodied by the Schenk body factory in Stutgart-Feuerbach. Four sports cars in road-ready condition can be loaded in 12 minutes with the "elevator" tail.

Scale model of a VW support van

From the club corral at turn 5 - Porsche jacket in background

Also from the Club corral at Turn 5 - Jim B. from Easy Porsche and teammates Mitch and Marc Parella brought their "908" LeMons car!

It caused plenty of commotion at the Turn 5 bridge!

Look closely at the end of the lineup of new 911's - yep that's a LeMons car.

So later in the day, Mitch decided to try and sneak into the paddock with the LeMons car. As he approached the paddock entrance the woman at the gate stopped him. "Hey, were you looking for the police escort to the Quail?" she asked. Mitch played it cool. "No, we're just going to leave this thing here tonight." he quickly replied. He idled forward and she yelled "Wait." Startled, and sure he was busted and was going to be turned around he hesitated. "OK, go ahead - he (a reference to a bystander with a camera) just wanted to take a picture." With a grin, Mitch rolled in straight to the Canepa pit and found the real 908.

It gets better - see below.

Yep, thats Jim B. of Easy with Derek Bell. The rumor is that Jim convined Derek to come drive for them at Infineon. You'll note that Jim is wearing his R Gruppe shirt! (Marc Parella Photo)

Ferdinand Porsche-head Porsche shirt!

Original ANDIAL jacket. Andial formed in 1975. With the racing operation of ANDIAL firmly in place, PORSCHE AG teamed-up with ANDIAL to develop the IMSA-legal engine for their 956 race car, resulting in the legendary and long-lived 962 race machine. Alwin (the "AL" in ANDIAL) became the official consultant for this program. After the untimely death of Al Holbert in 1988, then PORSCHE MOTORSPORT NORTH AMERICA's (PMNA) director, Alwin was appointed Motorsport Director and in 1997 became PMNA President. A post he held to his retirement in 2004. In the meantime, Arnold Wagner ("AN" in ANDIAL) and Dieter Inzenhofer ("DI" in ANDIAL) would continue to operate ANDIAL Street-Sport and special parts business. In racing ANDIAL motors won Daytona in '83-'87 and again in '89.They also prepped cars that won IMSA-GT Championships in 83, 85, 86, and 87. North American GT-1 Endurance Cup Championship in 1994 and GTS-2 in 1996.

Also on the vintage tip: Porsche edition Style Auto jacket.

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