Roger Penske and his Porsche RSK, shown here at Virginia International Raceway in 1960, were a major force in SCCA racing.
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David’s repeated defeats of Goliath this summer—American Le Mans Series victories by Porsche’s RS Spyder over Audi’s much bigger and stronger R10—takes us right back to the early days of Porsche, when it made its name as an upstart giant-killer.
Pete Lyons
It’s a natural human trait to root for underdogs anyway (presumably, because most of us identify with them) and in racing we learn to admire small, light, tidy cars (and drivers) that cleverly employ efficiency to vanquish the muscle-pumped brutes.
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