#Renée Brinkerhoff

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At age 55, Renée Brinkerhoff had an epiphany: She wanted to race a car. So she took on extreme road racing in a modified 1956 Porsche 356 and has become a highly decorated international rally car racer.

Rally racing is different from NASCAR or Formula One in that the environment is very raw. There are no safety barriers, as you would see on a regular track. The races can last up to 30 days, and not everyone or every car crosses the finish line. Brinkerhoff had a trial by fire in her first race, training in 2012 in the notoriously dangerous La Carrera Panamericana, where 30 percent of cars don't make it. She loved the adrenaline rush, and in 2013, she returned with her own car and became the first woman to win her class in the 30-year history of the race.

Brinkerhoff had no background in automobiles but felt the need to do something extreme after spending years homeschooling her four kids and putting her dreams aside. She began to take driving lessons but was not impressed with modern race cars and their automatic computer systems. When she found a Porsche 356, she knew it was the car for her.

She’s made a number of modifications to the car to push her Porsche 356 to its limits, such as upgrading the original engine and carburetors and adding a sump pump so she wouldn't burn up the engine on fast turns.

In 2017, Brinkerhoff and her Valkyrie Racing team upped the ante and decided to take her 1956 Porsche and race it on all seven continents — including Antarctica. Brinkerhoff’s Project 356 World Rally Tour took her through the most extreme rally races in the world, including the East African Safari Classic, Caminos del Inca , La Carrera Panamericana, Peking to Paris, and Targa Tasmania. In Antarctica, Brinkerhoff added skis in the front of the car and tracks in the back. She used the tour to raise awareness and funds to combat child trafficking around the world, a cause that has been close to Brinkerhoff’s heart for many years.

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Retromobile 2023: Valkyrie Racing's Porsche 356 on display

Renée Brinkerhoff and her Team Valkyrie Racing team are passing by Rétromobile to exhibit their Porsche 356 transformed for an expedition to Antarctica. In the aisles of the Rétromobile show, several manufacturers have a stand to celebrate an anniversary. This is the case with Porsche, which is celebrating both the 60th anniversary of its 911 and the 75th anniversary of its creation, as well as…

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Renée Brinkerhoff and her “Polar Porsche” 356 will take on an ‘extreme conditions’ landspeed record as part of her unsupported 356 mile Antarctic journey—itself part of the seven continent Project 356 World Rally Tour. Amazing and inspiring.

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Renée y Christina Brinkerhoff, del equipo Valkyrie Racing, participan con un Porsche 356 A en rallyes en todo el mundo

Renée y Christina Brinkerhoff, del equipo Valkyrie Racing, participan con un Porsche 356 A en rallyes en todo el mundo

Adora la aventura y adora su Porsche, sobre todo cuando ambos elementos se juntan. “Cuanto mayor es el reto, tanto mejor”, dijo Renée Brinkerhoff. Por eso la piloto de Colorado (Estados Unidos), que ahora tiene 65 años, decidió hace casi una década participar en una de las carreras más peligrosas del mundo: La Carrera Panamericana. Primero realizó un tramo parcial. Más tarde, en 2013, hizo el…

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Driving Across the Globe to Fight Child Trafficking

By Mercedes Lilienthal Renée Brinkerhoff has been on a quest, on almost every continent, to use racing “as a platform to do something about” a global scourge. Next stop, Antarctica. Published: August 2, 2020 at 06:00AM via NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/33hfUyn

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Driving Across the Globe to Fight Child Trafficking

By BY MERCEDES LILIENTHAL Renée Brinkerhoff has been on a quest, on almost every continent, to use racing “as a platform to do something about” a global scourge. Next stop, Antarctica. Published: August 2, 2020 at 11:00AM from NYT Business https://ift.tt/33hfUyn via

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Porsche 356 A de 1956, listo para conquistar la Antártica

Porsche 356 A de 1956, listo para conquistar la Antártica

Tras haber participado en La Carrera Panamericana en México y en Caminos del Inca en Perú, entre otros rallys, Renée Brinkerhoff se prepara para la etapa final de su ‘Proyecto 356 World Rally Tour’ con su fiel Porsche 356 A de 1956 que ahora va camino a Chile para conquistar la Antártica. La piloto aficionada de rally ya compitió con el auto deportivo clásico en seis continentes y en todo tipo…

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Un Porsche 356 de 1956 correrá en Antártica su séptimo rally completando los siete continentes

Un Porsche 356 de 1956 correrá en Antártica su séptimo rally completando los siete continentes

Al volante de su fiel Porsche 356 A de 1956, Renée Brinkerhoff se prepara para la etapa final de su Proyecto 356 World Rally Tour, una iniciativa que busca disputar en un auto clásico siete rallys emblemáticos en siete continentes para crear conciencia y recaudar fondos para combatir el tráfico de niños en todo el mundo. 

Hasta ahora, ha corrido en seis continentes, incluidos Norteamérica,…

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