Comedian Jerry Seinfeld, who has one of the most significant Porsche collections in the world, has joined retired Porsche engineer Norbert Singer as co-Grand Marshal for this weekend’s Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Seinfeld, who’s bringing a number of his most-prized cars to Rennsport, was honored. “Norbert Singer is one Porsche’s most brilliant innovators and someone I have always wanted to meet. I am thrilled to join him in Monterey for Rennsport IV as Co-Grand Marshal,” said Seinfeld.
Seinfeld’s participation is particularly appropriate as Rennsport IV is honoring the Porsche 911. Included in his collection is the first production 911 (1964) and the last production air-cooled 911—a 1998 993 that he bought from the factory—the last 993 to roll down the assembly line.
His collection, a mixture of street cars and race cars, includes a street-version Porsche 959 (not legal to drive in the U.S.) – one of only 200 ever built. Others include the Porsche 917K that Steve McQueen drove in the movie Le Mans, a 1959 straight-16 GT speedster; and a 1955 Spyder 550 — the same model and pearl-grey color actor as the James Dean car.
Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV is the world’s largest gathering of Porsche race cars (and the drivers that drove them to victory), held from October 14 to 16, 2011. Hosted by Porsche Cars North America, it will feature a wide variety of historic racing Porsches, everything from the nimble 550 Spyder of the mid-1950s through the mighty 917 and 956/962 of the 1970s and 1980s to the RS Spyder of the last decade. Also, a special tribute will be paid to the numerous racing versions of the Porsche 911.
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