Speedster Gains
The call came late on Tuesday night. Tomorrow’s off. With the rain outside bouncing with enough ferocity to consider boat building and lining up two by two, JCR’s Jonny Cocker has sensibly suggested that the planned Donington track day drive in the JCR 991 Speedster might not be particularly wise. Not that he’s precious about it: the Speedster is used, it’s very much a working car, but as such it’s on a set of Cup 2 R tyres that have seen a bit of track work, and there’s no time to get suitable replacement rubber. There’s another option, though: it’s forecasted to be dry on the other side of the country, that usefully being where both JCR and I are located, so plans are changed and we’ll drive the Speedster on road rather than track.
The last 991 built was one of the 1,948 Speedsters, which makes the open car significant for Porsche as well as the GT department. As such most of them are secreted away in collections, untouched, undriven with mileages kept low with an eye on future values. Cocker’s unapologetic about using his, buying it as he recognised the Speedster would allow JCR a shortcut to developing parts for the 992 GT3. Primarily, but not limited to, exhausts, JCR is specialist in producing lighter, performance-enhancing exhaust systems that work with the existing OEM parts.
The Speedster,
