Porsche sets the pace in ALMS with Panamera, Cayenne support vehicles
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/motorsports/" rel="tag">Motorsports</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sedans/" rel="tag">Sedan</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/suvs/" rel="tag">SUV</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/porsche/" rel="tag">Porsche</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/police-emergency/" rel="tag">Police/Emergency</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/racing/" rel="tag">Racing</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/porsche-alms-support-vehicles/"><img alt="Porsche Panamera Turbo ALMS safety **** src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/03/web630-panamera-alms.jpg" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; width: 630px; height: 433px; " /></a><br />
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Porsche Panamera Turbo ALMS safety car - Click above for high-res image gallery</div>
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At any of the myriad Le Mans series races around the world, you're guaranteed to see more than a proportional sampling of <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/porsche">Porsches</a>. Those are usually one manner of <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/911">911 GT3</a> or another; less so <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/panamera">Panameras</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/cayenne">Cayennes</a>, but the latest additions to the American Le Mans Series paddock are exactly those.<br />
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The Porsche Panamera Turbo has been selected as the official safety car for ALMS, outfitting a stock model with a dome light and special paint scheme. It's joined in its duties by a set of Cayennes that will act as medics' emergency response vehicles, a task to which the Porsche SUV is <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/10/porsche-builds-cayenne-s-ambulancefor-emergency-personnel/">already</a> perfectly <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/09/stuttgart-ems-gets-a-pair-of-porsche-cayennes/">accustomed</a>. See for yourself in our high-res image gallery below.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/porsche-alms-support-vehicles">Porsche ALMS support vehicles</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/porsche-alms-support-vehicles/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/03/panamera-alms_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/porsche-alms-support-vehicles/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/03/cayenne-alms_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
[Source: Porsche via <a href="http://www.worldcarfans.com/111031831122/panamera-turbo-is-the-official-safety-car-for-alms">World Car Fans</a>]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/27/porsche-sets-the-pace-in-alms-with-panamera-cayenne-support-veh/">Porsche sets the pace in ALMS with Panamera, Cayenne support vehicles</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Sun, 27 Mar 2011 11:03:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/27/porsche-sets-the-pace-in-alms-with-panamera-cayenne-support-veh/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19887599/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/27/porsche-sets-the-pace-in-alms-with-panamera-cayenne-support-veh/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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