Plans for Porsche’s Rolling Museum in 2014

The Porsche Museum will again showcase racing vehicles from the marque’s successful history at classic car events around the globe. Highlights in 2014 for the ‘Rolling Museum’ will include the Mille Miglia and the Goodwood Festival of Speed, among others.

From 15th to 18th May the Porsche Museum will enter the starting field for the 1,000 miles of the Mille Miglia. Competing in the long-distance road race will be a 550 Spyder, two 356 Coupes and a 356 Speedster. The drivers of the vehicles will include Dr. Wolfgang Porsche, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, and racing legend Jacky Ickx. For both drivers and vehicles the Mille Miglia is still a challenge today, as the new route of 1,750 kilometres is covered in just four days and leads in the main through differing weather zones.

From the 6th to 7th July, the Porsche Museum’s classic racing cars will participate in the traditional ‘Paul Pietsch Klassik’. Over a course of 450 kilometres two-time rally world champion Walter Röhrl and Le Mans winner and DTM champion Hans-Joachim Stuck will be driving a 911 Carrera 2.7 RS and a 911
Speedster across the south-west of Germany.

The Goodwood Festival of Speed is inconceivable without a Porsche. An annual event since 1993 on the estate of Lord March in West Sussex, it takes place this year from 26th to 29th June. The Festival of Speed is the largest event of its kind anywhere in the world. Spectators can look forward to seeing numerous classic Porsche cars, with a focus in 2014 on the ‘Turbo’ theme. The cars to be seen will include a Porsche 959 Group B, a 964 Turbo, a 993 Turbo and a Porsche 935, known as the ‘Baby’ due to its scaled down 1.4-litre engine. Also awaiting the visitors are two special Porsche 917s: the Porsche 917 KH, which brings back memories of the first overall Porsche victory at Le Mans, and the Porsche 917/30, which was developed for the Can-Am race series.

Coinciding with Porsche’s return to the 24-hour endurance race with the Porsche 919 Hybrid, a number of famous Porsche vehicles will also be appearing at the Le Mans Classic from 4th to 6th July. This summer the Porsche Museum will send four participants to France – a 911 Carrera RSR Targa Florio, the Porsche 935/77 Group 5 racing car, a 911 Turbo Cabriolet and a 911 Turbo 3.0.

From 10th to 12th July, the Porsche Museum will line up several historic legends at the Ennstal Classic, where this year Porsche will be the main theme. With a hill prologue, tours through the Tauern Mountains and a city grand prix, the three-day event provides a festival of motoring for drivers and spectators. In addition to a number of Porsche 356 cars, one of which will be driven by Dr. Wolfgang Porsche, a 911 2.2 Targa will also compete. The visitors will have the chance to admire the skills of former racing drivers such as Walter Röhrl in a 718 WRS, Jacky Ickx in the 550 A Spyder and current Porsche works driver Marc Lieb in a GT1 1998 as they take part in the Chopard Grand Prix von Gröbming.

The Porsche Museum will also take its classic cars to the 6th Schloss Bensberg Classic, which takes place around the Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg from 18th to 20th July, and from 14th to 17th August it will be present at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in California. From the 21st to 24th August the Porsche Museum will then be lining up in the Sachsen Classic in Saxony. In the course of this classic car rally, vehicles including a 356 Speedster, a 911 Targa and a 911 Turbo will cover a course of 610 kilometres from Zwickau to Chemnitz all around the Vogtland region.

With its concept of the Rolling Museum Porsche is taking a special approach. Practically all of the museum exhibits are roadworthy and thus fulfill the original purpose for which they were built: to be driven. And the specialists of the Porsche Museum workshop ensure that both before and during every tour of duty the rolling ambassadors of Porsche history are well prepared and in top fit form for every event. Unlike almost any other motoring museum the Porsche Museum thus stands for variety and vibrancy. Instead of a conventional, static exhibition, as a result of the exhibits being continuously rearranged it offers a constantly changing scene in Zuffenhausen.

For additional details, visit www.porsche.com/museum.

[Source: Porsche AG]