There’s a row of 13 Porsche road and race cars gathered in the underground parking area outside the Stuttgart arena, their engines being fired up one by one to warm them over before they’ll be paraded in front of nearly 4,000 people as part of Porsche’s annual Sound Night. Among the cars, Röhrl, Ickx, Bell, Stuck, Attwood, Singer, Lieb, Linge, Manthey and Herrmann all mingle, the people who drove and engineered these legendary machines as iconic as the cars themselves. It’s a who’s who of Porsche’s racing history, but here we single out Norbert Singer, a man instrumental in the success of almost every car here.
Norbert Singer started his career with Porsche. His father wasn’t happy about it, saying such a small company was likely to go the same…
