The 24 Hours of Le Mans is a long, grueling, and completely fascinating race, with sharp twists and turns, exhilarating wins, and heart-wrenching losses. One of the most storied races ever, Le Mans is the ultimate test for an endurance driver. So we wanted to know what it was really like to compete in it.

Whether you’re racing professionally or just enjoying a casual track day, minor adjustments can give you a crucial edge over the competition (or your pals). I spoke to two one-make pro racers, Porsche GT3 Cup drivers Michael de Quesada and Matt Campbell, about the circumstances they encounter at the track and the…

CJ Wilson pitched for the Rangers and the Angels over the course of 12 years before shoulder surgery, in 2015, ended his career — at least in baseball. Wilson has long been a motorsports superfan and, after his time on the mound, he decided to make a go of it as a pro race car driver.

Racing driver, talent scout, and Porsche Motorsport coach Sascha Maassen had been traveling for six weeks straight when I reached him via Skype. He was speaking from the Red Bull Ring in Austria, fresh off a flight from Japan where he had been at Fuji Speedway attending Round 3 of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. In…

The sleek bodies and powerful engines of Porsche street cars are evidence enough of the DNA they share with their race-car counterparts. But what other track-born advancements have made their way into the car in your driveway?

We wanted to know just how fast Porsche racers drive. So we got behind the wheel with one. Spoiler: His 50% feels a lot like our 100%. Aside from almost making us sick, he taught us some useful tips and tricks in case we ever turn pro (unlikely).

Race cars and motorsports have evolved from stripped-down stock cars driving on ad hoc tracks, to the sleek, technologically advanced, but no-less-exhilarating racing of today. But how has the past informed contemporary motorsports?

Evolving from race-car customer to race-car driver seems impossible. But Porsche, and its Motorsports Pyramid, is unique in that it shows you just where — and how — you can hone your skills to do so.

Since June I’ve been writing and/or curating this series about European-style endurance racing, from Le Mans to the wider FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). One of the coolest things has been, at the end of each post, kicking the convo over to the readers, and hearing what you guys have to say about motorsports.

Many carmakers use the race track as a proving ground for innovations which may eventually find their way into production models. Nowhere is this more true than at Porsche, whose runaway success in motorsports has consistently informed its consumer sports cars. What follows is our illustrated history of these…

Endurance racing is a hell of thing to endure: For the cars, it’s a test of how well they hold up while being raced at breakneck speed, hour after hour, through wind and dark and pouring rain. For the humans racing them, it’s how many G’s they can endure while trying to stay alert at 200 miles per hour. And for new or…

Eat your heart out, Wes Anderson: We built a scale model of Le Mans — and out of leather, no less! Drool over the whole thing above, and scroll down for detail shots of various notable points on the Circuit de la Sarthe, plus key moments from Porsche’s storied Le Mans history, presented in diorama form with 3D-printed…

America and the Old World fell in love with the automobile at the same time. In America, motor racing was — and remains — a rugged sport, campaigned on oval speedways in full view of paying spectators, who could spot every car at all times and therefore get their money’s worth. Sliding on dirt. Gunning it on the…

With a record 17 overall titles (and 102 class titles), Porsche already was the winningest manufacturer at Le Mans — and that was even before their dramatic first-place finish last weekend. To commemorate the race and to celebrate its most successful builder ever, check out this sweet illustrated GIF of every Porsche…

Arguably one of the greatest races ever, Le Mans (June 18–19) is coming up quickly in your rearview mirror. Clocking in at a full 24 hours, the race is a spectacle to behold — the ultimate endurance sport for drivers and fans (no seriously, watching TV for 24 hours is kind of a sport).