Porsche 963 Apple Computer Race Car
In 1980, a California-based customer outfit called Dick Barbour Racing ran a Porsche 935 K3 through the IMSA season and at Le Mans wearing the Apple Computer livery: green, yellow, two shades of red, purple, and blue stripes across a white race car. Forty-six years later, Porsche Penske Motorsport brought those same colors back. Two factory Porsche 963 GTP prototypes wore a one-time throwback wrap at Laguna Seca, timed to mark both Apple's 50th anniversary and Porsche Motorsport's 75th, racing 80 miles south of Apple's Cupertino headquarters on a circuit best known for the Corkscrew, a corner that drops nearly 60 feet in just 450 feet of track. The No. 6 car, driven by Kévin Estre and Laurens Vanthoor, scored the team's third consecutive podium in the retro colors. The No. 7, piloted by Julien Andlauer and Felipe Nasr, arrived at Monterey still holding the IMSA championship lead after back-to-back wins at Daytona and Sebring.
