Headlining this coming week’s auction activity on RR Auctions is a car that could just make your racing dreams come true.
It will come as no surprise that a number of Porsche 911s have sold through the site – after all, it’s a sports car that needs no explaining at this point.
However, with the Stuttgart marque’s penchant for quality and refinement underpinning most 911s, this one is quite a bit different.
Open to bidding from September 14-23, 2026, this 2004 911 GT3 Cup car isn’t your average Porsche, but rather a bona fide stripped-out racer.
This GT3 Cup is a distinctly analogue effort, with a six-speed H-pattern gearbox, rear-wheel drive, and weighing in at merely 1150kg.
It also hails from one of the most successful 911 generations in terms of motorsport success. The 996 might’ve met some controversy at its launch due to its unique headlight design and a switch to a water-cooled engine, but it proved an extraordinarily successful car on track when it came to endurance racing.
Claiming overall victories at the 24 Hours of Daytona and Spa 24 Hours, both in 2003, the 996 chassis proved one of Porsche’s most successful 911 racers. Numerous class victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and Nürburgring 24 Hours only compounded its success.
As a result, this GT3 Cup draws upon that success and offers one of the closest tastes of that motorsport pedigree available. Packing a 3.6-litre naturally aspirated flat-six developing 287kW and 390Nm, this example only indicates 22,292km on the clock – although we doubt you’ll fall for the “only driven to church on Sundays” line in this case.
After all, this car comes supported by substantial competition history including Motorsport Australia log books, maintenance records, and an extensive file documenting its racing achievements.
This car was initially run by Auckland-based International Motorsport NZ in the 2004 Australian Carrera Cup, principally for Paul Pedersen under Lakesawn Lumber sponsorship, with Matt Halliday also driving during the season. Period results confirm Pedersen finished eighth in the championship, making him the highest placed New Zealand driver.
After this, the car remained with International Motorsport in New Zealand, with further use in the 2005/06 and 2006/07 New Zealand GT3 Cup seasons.
Brought to Melbourne in 2011, the car has since undergone extensive maintenance and restoration work over the years, and has been used in a number of Porsche Club Victoria sprint events.
Records indicate over $100,000 in maintenance, replacement parts, and competition consumables since 2011, and a March 2025 engine leak down test recorded two percent on cylinder one and zero percent on the remaining five cylinders. Importantly, it retains the four-channel ABS system characteristic of these Cup specification cars.
Wearing a white Martini Racing-inspired livery, centre-lock BBS wheels, and a stripped competition cockpit with fixed-back racing seats, harnesses, roll cage, and fire suppression system, there’s no denying this car is a proper racer.
Although we’ve joked in the office that it ought to become the Retro Rides track car, we’d rather see it end up in your hands. Interested? Head to the RR Auctions website to place your bids by September 23.
