Carrera Digital 132/124 Porsche 911 RSR "No. 88"
Item No. 31024 / Item No. 23930
Since the CARRERA race track, which has existed since 1963, experienced its revival in 1999 with the introduction of the 132 EVOLUTION and the redesign of the EXCLUSIV 124, there has been one vehicle that has proven to be a consistent revenue generator over the entire period:
The Porsche 911.
And that's true regardless of the model. I'm fairly certain that if Carrera were to reissue the old EXCLUSIV 911 from the 1990s, it would still sell.
But those vehicles are history; we've now arrived at the modern-day 911 RSR. This year, there's another racing version of the legendary rear-engined race car in 124-scale models with item number 23930 and 132-scale models with item number 31024: the Porsche of the Swabian racing team PROTON COMPETITION.
The car competed in this version and livery in the 2019 European Le Mans Series. PROTON fielded two Porsches: both in black and silver, one with the number 77 with blue stripes, the other with the number 88 and green stripes, the version that CARRERA is adding to its lineup this year. Incidentally, the number 77 is registered as the Dempsey-Proton team, the racing team of American actor Patrick Dempsey.
A small peculiarity of the number 88: In one race, the 4 Hours of Portugal, the car featured a CARRERA logo on the rear. Pictures of the rear can be found at alamy.com.
PROTON RACING is based in Ummendorf, Baden-Württemberg. The founder is Gerold Ried, managing director of several freight forwarding companies, who established the company in 1996 as "PROTON Competition Vehicle Rental." Gerold Ried was a racing driver himself from 1995 to 2007, driving Porsche 911 GT3s and GT3s.
PROTON specializes in the maintenance and rental of Porsche GT racing cars for national and international racing series. The company also operates as a racing team in international motorsports (currently in the FIA World Endurance Championship and the European Le Mans Series). The company is now managed by the sons Christian and Michael Ried, with Michael serving as team manager and Christian as a driver.
Item No. 31024 / Item No. 23930
Since the CARRERA race track, which has existed since 1963, experienced its revival in 1999 with the introduction of the 132 EVOLUTION and the redesign of the EXCLUSIV 124, there has been one vehicle that has proven to be a consistent revenue generator over the entire period:
The Porsche 911.
And that's true regardless of the model. I'm fairly certain that if Carrera were to reissue the old EXCLUSIV 911 from the 1990s, it would still sell.
But those vehicles are history; we've now arrived at the modern-day 911 RSR. This year, there's another racing version of the legendary rear-engined race car in 124-scale models with item number 23930 and 132-scale models with item number 31024: the Porsche of the Swabian racing team PROTON COMPETITION.
The car competed in this version and livery in the 2019 European Le Mans Series. PROTON fielded two Porsches: both in black and silver, one with the number 77 with blue stripes, the other with the number 88 and green stripes, the version that CARRERA is adding to its lineup this year. Incidentally, the number 77 is registered as the Dempsey-Proton team, the racing team of American actor Patrick Dempsey.
A small peculiarity of the number 88: In one race, the 4 Hours of Portugal, the car featured a CARRERA logo on the rear. Pictures of the rear can be found at alamy.com.
PROTON RACING is based in Ummendorf, Baden-Württemberg. The founder is Gerold Ried, managing director of several freight forwarding companies, who established the company in 1996 as "PROTON Competition Vehicle Rental." Gerold Ried was a racing driver himself from 1995 to 2007, driving Porsche 911 GT3s and GT3s.
PROTON specializes in the maintenance and rental of Porsche GT racing cars for national and international racing series. The company also operates as a racing team in international motorsports (currently in the FIA World Endurance Championship and the European Le Mans Series). The company is now managed by the sons Christian and Michael Ried, with Michael serving as team manager and Christian as a driver.
