February 2007 1 Northlander - North Country Region

DAYTONA INTERNATIONALSPEEDWAY TO HOST PORSCHERENNSPORT REUNION IIIIN NOVEMBER OF 2007World’s largest gathering of Porscherace cars and drivers to highlight Porsche917 and celebrate 25 th anniversary ofPorsche 956 / 962.Porsche Cars North America (PCNA)and Daytona International Speedwaytoday announced Porsche RennsportReunion III will take place at the famedFlorida racetrack the weekend of November2-4, 2007.Sponsored by PCNA and organizedby Brian Redman’s IntercontinentalEvents, Inc., Porsche Rennsport ReunionIII is open to the public and brings togetheran unprecedented gathering ofsignificant Porsche vintage and currentracecars and those who have driven themto victory in the world’s most famoussports car races. It features a three-dayprogram of on-track competition plus aconcours d’elegance, which is open tothe event’s participants by invitation. Inaddition, special activities are plannedhonoring the series of awesome Porsche917 racecars and commemorating the25th Anniversary of the racing debut ofthe all-conquering Porsche 956/962 prototyperacers.Held at three-year intervals, the thirdedition of Porsche Rennsport Reunionreturns to Daytona International Speedwayfollowing that track’s highly successfulstaging of Porsche RennsportReunion II in 2004. On that occasion,more than 600 Porsche racecars anddozens of legendary Porsche race driversparticipated in a truly memorableweekend dedicated to Porsche’smotorsport heritage.“Given the tremendous response toour last event there,” said PeterSchwarzenbauer, president and chiefexecutive officer of Porsche Cars NorthAmerica, “Daytona International Speedwayis the logical choice as the site forPorsche Rennsport Reunion III. It isfilled with Porsche racing history and isone of the few tracks in America capableof conducting an event of this magnitude.”Porsche Rennsport Reunion III willhonor two of Porsche’s most historicracing models – the Porsche 917 andPorsche 956/962. In coupe form, the 12-cylinder 917/K was the first Porsche toscore an overall win at the 24 Hours ofLe Mans, scoring back-to-back victoriesin the 1970 and 1971 editions of theFrench racing classic. Fitted with twinturbochargersproducing more than 1000horsepower, the mighty open-cockpit917/10 and 917/30 rocketed to SportsCar Club of America Can-Am championshipsin 1972 and 1973. These achievementsby the 917 moved Porsche to theforefront of the sports car racing world.Since making its Le Mans debut in1982 with a stunning one-two-three overallfinish, the Porsche 956 and its 962stable mate have established themselvesas the most successful models in thehistory of international sports car racing.Among their record number of overallvictories spanning 14 seasons areseven in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, six inthe Rolex 24 at Daytona, and four in the12 Hours of Sebring.February 20077 Northlander