David Donner pilots 2022 Porsche 911 Turbo S to 9:53 at Pikes Peak, a brand new manufacturing automotive document

David Donner managed a category win and got here in second total on the 2022 Pikes Peak Worldwide Hill Climb (PPIHC) in June, driving a 2022 Porsche 911 Turbo S, although he nonetheless did not obtain the consequence he was in search of.

Moist climate throughout this 12 months’s a centesimal operating of the PPIHC meant Donner might solely handle a time of 10:34.053, which was sooner than many race vehicles on the day, because of the Porsche’s all-wheel-drive system, however nonetheless slower than the ten:18.488 set in 2019 by Rhys Millen in a Bentley Continental GT, the document for manufacturing vehicles Donner was eager to assert.

Donner is a Colorado Springs native and has received total at Pikes Peak on three events (1991, 2002, and 2005). He is additionally set various class information, together with the document for manufacturing vehicles, which he set in 2014 with a previous-generation 911 Turbo S. That document stood till Millen claimed it with the Bentley in 2019.

Happily for Donner, one other try on the document was attainable in September because of a brand new program run by organizers of the PPIHC to carry sanctioned runs outdoors of the standard race day. The primary operating of this system, often called Pikes Peak Licensed Course Instances, ran Sept. 26-27.

Driving the identical 911 Turbo S from the June run, owned by Porsche collector Jim Edwards, Donner managed a time of 9:53.541, which is a brand new document at Pikes Peak for manufacturing vehicles. The automotive wore particular livery highlighting the quarterly Porsche fanatic journal “000,” which helped deliver the events collectively to facilitate the run.

Equally, a Lamborghini Urus Performante in August was pushed to a document for manufacturing SUVs, with a time of 10:32.064.

Donner’s automotive was fitted with a recent set of street-legal Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R tires, and was fully inventory, other than the ECU tuning and exhaust adjustments allowed on the PPIHC to account for the excessive altitude. The course begins at 9,390 toes and climbs to 14,115 toes.

The 911 Turbo S is powered by a twin-turbo 3.8-liter flat-6 mated to an 8-speed dual-clutch automated transmission and all-wheel-drive system. Peak output is 640 hp and 590 lb-ft of torque, or sufficient for 0-60 mph acceleration in 2.6 seconds and a prime velocity of 205 mph. Donner’s automotive was additionally fitted with the out there Light-weight Bundle provided by Porsche. The bundle saves round 80 lb from the curb weight by both eradicating parts or swapping in lighter alternate options.