24 Hours
2010 Daytona Rolex
Hoi! I’m Kees Nierop.
Racing driver, instructor and Porsche enthusiast.
Kees is a Dutch native that has been racing or promoting Porsches for 30 years. He is a winner of the legendary Sebring 12 Hours of Endurance race (in a 934 Porsche) and a multi-time competitor at the 24 Hour race at Daytona Beach , Fl. (Porsche 911 RSR, 934, 935, 962, 961). He won several IMSA races in the 1980’s driving Porsches. Nierop was a Porsche factory driver at LeMans France and also at Daytona Beach , driving the racing version of the legendary Porsche Supercar…the 959, in racing trim called the 961.
Other highlights of Nierop’s career include being a Canadian GT- 1 Champion (Datsun 280-Z, 1978), two years racing the highly competitive English Formula 3 Championship, competing at Mosport in the World Endurance Championship race, driving a Porsche 956 and achieving a 5th fastest time after the Rothmans and Skoal Porsches. He drove the late Bob Akin’s famous Coca Cola 962 to a third place finish at Road America , WI. Won the Firehawk 24 hour race at Watkins Glen with a 944, captured the Rothmans Porsche 944 Championship in 1986 competing against names like Scott Goodyear, Richard Spenard, Bill Adam and Paul Tracy. Nierop was named among the top 10 in a field of 150 competing for the Porsche North American Cup.
Nierop also drove a full season for Steve Saleen in the Saleen Mustangs. For 2007 and 2008 Nierop was the Porsche North America (team Canada) driver entered in the grueling 7200 km Transsyberia Rally driving a specially Porsche factory prepared Porsche Cayenne S. This is a two week off-road event from Moscow, Russia to Ulaan Bataar, Mongolia . Kees is the only Canadian to have his name on a Porsche factory race car displayed in the new Porsche Museum in Germany.
Certified Porsche Experience instructor since 2008 for Porsche Canada and since 2017 a driving instructor for Area27. Chief Instructor emeritus since 2025
Today Kees is still an active race-driver and is the current Chief instructor emeritus at Area27. He still enjoys instructing!
He is a certified Porsche Experience Driving School instructor. Ice Experience and Track Experience.
Kees just loves Porsche and any kind of motorsport. It shows in his instructing style.
V I D E O L I B R A R Y
www.porschecentreoakville.com - Kees Nierop, the only Canadian race car driver to have his name on a Porsche factory race car, demonstrates how to properly drive a Porsche 911 on ice at the Porsche Centre Oakville Camp4 event at Mecaglisse Quebec.
Thank you everyone who participated in our first ever Porsche Centre Langley track day at the stunning new Area 27 race track in Oliver BC! We saw a lot of smiles, heard a lot of great comment, so it's safe to say that we will likely repeat this experience in the future!
No better place to appreciate Porsche performance than on the track, wouldn't you agree? A big shout out to all our Porsche customers that joined us for our first annual Track Day at Mission Raceway Park!
One lap at speed with a 2009 Porsche 911 PDK. Driver is Kees Nierop.
Bullet Racing GT3 driver is Kees Nierop
Practice run at Daytona in Bullet Racing GT3, driver is Kees Nierop
I brought Kees Nierop, a former Porsche Factory race driver and instructor (winner of 12hrs of Sebring, factory driver at Le Mans), to the Vancouver Island Motorsports Circuit to try his hand at putting down some hot laps in my GTI.
Start of qualifying race on Saturday
2024 Porsche Ice Experience
