Guest of Honour 2026:
Lance David Arnold

We are delighted to announce the second prominent driver for the Grand Meeting 2026, following Hans-Joachim Stuck: Lance David Arnold is coming!
We are delighted to announce the second prominent driver for the Grand Meeting 2026, following Hans-Joachim Stuck: Lance David Arnold is coming!
On the Saturday and Sunday of the festival, the Duisburg-born racing driver and motoring journalist will be our guest at Rittergut Birkhof.
As the best newcomer in the 2005 Porsche Carrera Cup, he continued his career in the BF Goodrich Endurance Championship in 2006. He subsequently competed in the Daytona 24 Hours and also in the legendary 24-hour race at the Nürburgring. Together with Frank Stippler, he won the ADAC GT Masters race at the Nürburgring. In 2009, he finished fourth in the 24-hour race at the Ring with Uwe Alzen in a Porsche. In 2012, he took third place there with a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3. Since 2014, Arnold has been regularly conducting vehicle tests with sports and racing cars for the TV programme ‘auto mobil’ – the VOX car magazine.
Lance David loves his Porsche 356 – which he will bring to the Grand Meeting 2026 for spectacular drives with the Racing Legends on the circuit. Of course, there will also be talks and autograph sessions.



