Tony Mcguiness

San Diego, USA @tonygt3rs @tonymcguinessgt3rs Model 997.2 GT3 RS Year 2011

Acquired February 2011 Model 991 GT3

Year 2015

Acquired December 2014

Rennsport Reunion: no other event gets Porsche enthusiasts around the world so excited. For those not familiar with this extraordinary Porsche event, Rennsport Reunion is the world’s largest gathering of significant and vintage Porsche race cars. The first Rennsport took place at Lime Rock

Park Raceway in 2001. The next two Rennsports took place in 2004 and 2007 at Daytona International Speedway. Because the western US is such a huge market for Porsche, Rennsport Reunion IV was moved to Laguna Seca in 2011, on the beautiful Monterey Peninsula.

In 2011, I drove the GT3 RS along the California coast from San Diego to Laguna Seca to attend. It was a fantastic drive to the most amazing Porsche family gathering in the world in my very own Rennsport! I didn’t know quite what to expect back then, as I had not been to anything like it before, but it exceeded all my expectations. There were countless legendary Porsche race cars in attendance with all sorts of events taking place in Monterey.

Along with the race cars, former winning drivers such as Brian Redman, Vic Elford, Richard Attwood, Derek

Bell and many others who have made Porsche the most successful marque in history mingled with fans and signed autographs. These legends of Porsche, along with current factory drivers, added to an extraordinary atmosphere. Being in attendance, you could sense the historic significance of the gathering. The cars are not only on display, but many are raced by the drivers who won so many times in them. If you are old enough to have seen some of them race in person, the sounds and smell of these race cars will take you back in time.

In 2011 I was able to get up close to all the race cars, which included 917s, the RS Spyder, the Porsche 935 legend ‘Moby Dick’ (above) and a 918 RSR. Rennsport IV also provided the debut of the 991. Rennsport Reunion feels like a family gathering, which, in essence, is exactly what it is. In 2015, the 1970 917 Le Mans winner, as well as the 2015 919 Hybrid Le Mans winner were on display together. I also had the opportunity at Rennsport V to hang out with our very own Editor Lee, which made it even more fun.

Luckily for us on the West Coast, it was recently announced that Porsche Cars North America will once again host Rennsport Reunion at Laguna

Seca raceway in September 2018. This will be the third time this very special Porsche reunion will be held at Laguna Seca. For 2018 they have added one additional day to the gathering. Porsche will be celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2018, too, so Rennsport Reunion VI will undoubtedly be very special indeed.