The essence of Porsche is road racing. For “road racing”, think in terms of exactly what it says – racing on normal roads (e.g., Targa Florio, Carrera Panamericana, Mille Miglia) or simulating that like in WEC. You didn’t think the names Carrera, Targa, and Panamera were accidents, did you? 
This might be a grand prix course, Le Mans, SCCA course, etc. It does not mean ovals (e.g., NASCAR, Indy), where the car only turns in one direction, or drag strips, where the car doesn’t turn at all.
The history of road racing goes back to Ferdinand Porsche designing Auto Union Grand Prix cars in the 1930s. They also built Formula 2 cars in the early 1960s. Perhaps the most famous road racing car was James Dean’s “haunted” 550 Spyder he was driving to race when he crashed and died.
In the early 1960s Ferrari dominated much of motorsport but was in financial trouble. Ford was going to buy them out but the deal feel through. It was reported that Mr. Ford was not happy and sent Carroll Shelby over to Le Mans to take away the Ferrari glory with the GT40s. For three years Ford did just that dominating – and then left. While Porsche did run Le Mans for many years prior to that, it was not until Ford left that the 917, and then the 911 totally dominated sports car racing. They were so successful that the rules kept changing to stop them from winning (or so it has been reported). This ended in the late 1990s when the company was having hard financial times and withdrew from Works racing. But it returned in 2014 and in 2015 Porsche once again won Le Mans. Road racing is so ingrained into the brand that PCA Club Racing is now done on 30 courses around the country. Porsche dealers have annual events opening up to members to watch live coverage of 24 Hours of Le Mans. It’s a “big deal”. It’s in the blood, its their heritage, its in their advertising, and its their future. The commitment to Motorsports has regained traction with the introduction of the Cayman Clubsport, a reworked 991RSR for 2016, and rumors of a replacement to the 911RSR, a Ferrari Fighter (FeFi) for the future, never mind their commitment to LMP1.
The Macan was launched on May 17, 2014, almost two years ago now. It would be interested to find out if current or potential Macan owners are road racing fans or not. There are no right or wrong answers here. It’s just a level of interest thing. So here is a poll:
I have:
1. done wheel to wheel racing in an officially organized road race (not autocross, drag strips, DE, tracking, Indy, NASCAR, etc.)
2. Attended, in person, at least one officially organized road race (e.g., Formula One, etc. SCCA, PCA Club Racing, WEC, IMSA, Can-Am, etc.)
3. Watched from start to finish a road racing event on TV.
4. Not a fan of road racing.
This might be a grand prix course, Le Mans, SCCA course, etc. It does not mean ovals (e.g., NASCAR, Indy), where the car only turns in one direction, or drag strips, where the car doesn’t turn at all.The history of road racing goes back to Ferdinand Porsche designing Auto Union Grand Prix cars in the 1930s. They also built Formula 2 cars in the early 1960s. Perhaps the most famous road racing car was James Dean’s “haunted” 550 Spyder he was driving to race when he crashed and died.
In the early 1960s Ferrari dominated much of motorsport but was in financial trouble. Ford was going to buy them out but the deal feel through. It was reported that Mr. Ford was not happy and sent Carroll Shelby over to Le Mans to take away the Ferrari glory with the GT40s. For three years Ford did just that dominating – and then left. While Porsche did run Le Mans for many years prior to that, it was not until Ford left that the 917, and then the 911 totally dominated sports car racing. They were so successful that the rules kept changing to stop them from winning (or so it has been reported). This ended in the late 1990s when the company was having hard financial times and withdrew from Works racing. But it returned in 2014 and in 2015 Porsche once again won Le Mans. Road racing is so ingrained into the brand that PCA Club Racing is now done on 30 courses around the country. Porsche dealers have annual events opening up to members to watch live coverage of 24 Hours of Le Mans. It’s a “big deal”. It’s in the blood, its their heritage, its in their advertising, and its their future. The commitment to Motorsports has regained traction with the introduction of the Cayman Clubsport, a reworked 991RSR for 2016, and rumors of a replacement to the 911RSR, a Ferrari Fighter (FeFi) for the future, never mind their commitment to LMP1.
The Macan was launched on May 17, 2014, almost two years ago now. It would be interested to find out if current or potential Macan owners are road racing fans or not. There are no right or wrong answers here. It’s just a level of interest thing. So here is a poll:
I have:
1. done wheel to wheel racing in an officially organized road race (not autocross, drag strips, DE, tracking, Indy, NASCAR, etc.)
2. Attended, in person, at least one officially organized road race (e.g., Formula One, etc. SCCA, PCA Club Racing, WEC, IMSA, Can-Am, etc.)
3. Watched from start to finish a road racing event on TV.
4. Not a fan of road racing.
