It's not every day you see a Porsche 911 Turbo S pop a giant wheelie. Then again, it's not every day you come across a Porsche 911 Turbo S like Mark Blackwell's.

Despite its mostly stock looks, this 991-series Porsche packs more than 1,000-hp from its twin-turbocharged flat-six engine. Of course, Blackwell's Turbo S wasn't always the manic machine it is today. "I just wanted to get a 911 Turbo," Blackwell told MotorTrend, "and then I started tracking at Laguna Seca and it went on from there. "

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With the help of Sam Ahdoot of ByDesign Automotive Group, Craig Paisley of World Motorsports, and others, Blackwell's 911 benefits from the likes of a new exhaust, headers, turbos, and intercooler, as well as a Cobb tune and updates to the engine's internals, including bored cylinders with steel liners. The once 560-hp 3.8-liter engine now displaces 4.0 liters and corrals more than twice as many ponies to all four wheels by way of Porsche's seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission, which exploits the additional strength of a Dodson Motorsport clutch pack.

Perhaps predictably, the combined effects of the 911's rear weight bias, Blackwell's various upgrades, and a set of sticky Mickey Thompson ET Street S/S tires make this Turbo S ripe for popping wheelies. Yet, not even Blackwell imagined the car was capable of the sort of front-end lift his Porsche displayed at Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California. "I've got a couple of runs with the tires off the ground [beforehand]," Blackwell shared, "three, four inches, you know?" A few recent tweaks to the Porsche's powertrain, though, added a couple of more inches to that figure. "The tires were coming off the ground about eight inches or so," Blackwell said.

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The biggest wheelie, however, resulted in the front-end rising approximately two feet; a noteworthy feat given this Turbo S lacks bracket-racing kit such as a trans brake. In spite of Blackwell rolling off the throttle to bring the front wheels back to Earth, he still managed to push the Porsche through the quarter mile in 9.27 seconds—which was about a half a second behind the car's best run of the day. Equally as impressive is the fact the only damage caused by the big wheelie was to the 911's rear diffuser, which got "scuffed up," according to Blackwell.

Given the fact a 991-series 911 Turbo S once held the title of "hardest-launching car we ever tested," we can't say we're surprised a highly modified variant of the model managed to lift its front wheels at the drag strip. Still, we certainly never expected to see any modern Porsche pop a wheelie like Blackwell's Turbo S. Watch the video below to see this perfect storm of power, grip, and rear-weight bias in action.