Three-time King of the Mountain David Donner will pursue production car record at 100th Pikes Peak in this 2022 Porsche 911 Turbo S. When Donner joined Porsche collector Jim Edwards and 000 editor Pete Stout for dinner in Napa Valley last year, the conversation turned quickly to the 100th Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Stout had previously partnered with Donner at Pikes Peak in 2020 when their 911 GT2 RS Clubsport claimed a record win in the Time Attack 1 class, and it wasn’t long before a plan was hatched to make an attempt at the production car record.

The time to beat – 10 minutes and 18.488 seconds – was set by Rhys Millen in a Bentley Continental GT in 2019, bettering a time of 10:26.896 set by Donner himself in a 991-generation 911 Turbo S in 2014. To recapture the record for Donner, and their beloved Porsche, the trio proposed to use a 992-generation Turbo S with the Lightweight Package that had just been ordered by Edwards.

The 2022 911 Turbo S that Donner will race was ordered through Champion Porsche in Pompano Beach, Florida and went straight from the showroom to the race shop for competition prep. The factory standard car was then wrapped in a unique livery themed around ‘Print isn’t Dead’, using images from a recent article in 000 about the birth of the 911 Turbo.

“Many of us think of the Turbo as a luxurious 911,” explains Stout, “but the earliest Turbos were fairly light cars that homologated the 934 and 935 for Group 4 and Group 5 racing. The article explored what the first 911 Turbo was like to drive in the context of the 1973 Carrera RS. The Lightweight Package for today’s Turbo S removes 80 pounds,” Stout adds, “making a fast car even faster. Champion Porsche have done a fantastic job preparing this car, and we can’t wait to see what Donner can do with it at Pikes Peak.”

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