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Byline: PATRICK C. PATERNIE
Twenty years ago, Alois Ruf came out of nowhere (well, the rural crossroads village of Pfaffenhausen, Germany, is nearly nowhere) with a twin-turbo Porsche 911 rocket ship he called a CTR (Group C Turbo Ruf) to stun a gathering of exotic machinery assembled by Road & Track to determine the "World's Fastest Car.'' The screaming-yellow CTR flew to a top speed of 211 mph, earning it the title and a nickname, Yellow Bird.
Today, Ruf enjoys a much higher profile, as evidenced by a second manufacturing facility just completed adjacent to the Bahrain International Circuit. Besides sharing land with the racetrack, the multistory ...