Pic Post: The G&W Jenniferfund RSR

Our intrepid reporter on the inside of most things Porsche, Robert from Lufteknic Porsche, sent these pics over to me last week, of the Jenniferfund / G&W Motorsports 993 RSR. My favorite 993, and a car significant to both Robert and myself, in its way.  You see, Robert was crewing for G&W Motorsports back in 2000, and this car placed 3rd in the GTU class that year - the little aircooled 911 that could. After the vast majority of the then-new 996 GT3Rs dropped like flies with engine failure after engine failure, this little Porsche kept on going. Of course, after 24 hours of battle on the track it looked a bit different...




Covered with dirt, grime and rubber residue, pock-marked from rocks and looking worn but proud, this pale-blue RSR was on the podium at Daytona in 2000. It was there the following year as well (at Daytona, not on the podium), but Robert was no longer with G&W, having moved on to Orbit Racing for 2001. But with the water-cooled era rushing in with power that couldn't be touched by even the hottest air-cooled 3.8s, this car was soon resigned to the has-been pile.



I had often wondered what happened to the Jenniferfund RSR. Many cars such as this are sold off to club-racers after their useful, professional life has come to and end, and more often than not they end up as twisted wrecks. Luckily this didn't befall this car, but I'm not quite sure why I like it so much. There's just something about it which I love. Robert, who said the car now looks ten times better than it ever did when it was being actively campaigned, feels the same way but obviously he has a bit more invested. He was wrenching on this thing day and night 10-12 years ago. That sort of connection is bound to bring up memories, both good and perhaps not so good.



As it is now the RSR is more GT2, with a super-rare, super high-spec GT2 EVO motor now residing in the rear. It's also for sale, as I understand it, at G&W Motorwerkes, in Waynesboro Virginia. $198,000 will get you the car, plus I believe another spare (bent) shell from when the car was re-tubbed at some point, or at least that's how I understood it.

 

 There was also this little piece of history there at G&W, one of the super rare, never run, Porsche Indy cars - a project which never saw the light of day after last-minute rule changes throttle any hope that Porsche, and the Ted Field run and financed Interscope team, would have had of winning the 500 that year. So it never ran, at least, not in a race. Testing indicated it would have been quite successful. The motor at least went on to greatness. It powered the 956, and we all now how that story ends up.

So, anybody got a spare $200k they want to loan me? I've got a RSR to buy...

_WRS