1973 Daytona/Brumos RSR Replica (The original car was destroyed)

March 14, 2013

Hurley behind the wheel 40 years later, HE WAS VERY PLEASE TO SEE THE CAR!  The original car only ran at Daytona and then was shipped back to Germany after the race for study. the car no longer exist, Porsche destroyed it. Hurley asked if we can build a replica, we did it in 3 MONTHS!

 

Hurley blasting through the tri-oval at Daytona

Hurley waiting to drive in the Heritage race before the 2013 24 Hour

Aase Sales owner Ron Thomas talking to Dario Franchitti about the RSR build

Ron, Hurley, Jeff and Bryce celebration drink

 

Sitting in the Daytona 500 club cocktail area

Front view

Party on! Lee Keen (Brumos) foreground left

David Hobbs, Bob Varsha, David Donahue, Mike Shank, Scott Pruett among just a few of the attendees

 

Lastly here is a video of the RSR making an appearance in the Jay Leno show at the 2013 Amelia Island event celebrating 50 years of Porsche. Appearance starts at 1:09 in the video.

 

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