I bet your heart skipped a beat when you first saw it
My one and only 959 encounter happened back in 2007 at Rennsport in Daytona. I was just getting into exotic cars and photographing them and had very limited knowledge other than makes and models so as I walked around this amazing collection of porsches at Daytona
I was much more a photographer than a Porsche enthusiasts.
I had wandered over to this one section where a Porsche dealer had a selection of cars including a silver Carrera GT. It was my first time seeing one and I was all over it taking pictures. Off to the side and tucked out of the way under some stands off pit road was this red Porsche that wasn't on display.
I walked over and checked it out and recognized it as a 959 but that's only from playing it on Forza 2. I knew very little about the car and certainly didn't know how lucky I was to actually see one in person here in the US. I snapped a couple pics, none of the interior and walked away.
I've come to realize just how lucky I was and many I've talked to that were also there said they never saw it because it was tucked away. I've heard that it was Jerry Seinfelds and he was going to be there to drive it but last minute business kept him away.
I'm sure it was a thrill for you to finally get to see one in person especially after all that time. Rennsport will be at Laguna Seca this October and I'm going to do my best to be there and this time I'll be ready.
On a side note, it's good to see you posting as I've pretty much given up on posting car pics here.
If you email me at ' webmaster at julie-clarke dot com " I'll send you a car related link I think you'll be interested in.
Here's a shot I took of that rare US 959
