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Images by: Virtual Motorpix/Glen Smale and Corporate Archives Porsche AG The Porsche 917 was the culmination of a line of...
After bodywork testing with the prototype 934, 930 670 0001, the Porsche factory built its first 935 to actually race...
1976 saw 31 customer 934 cars built. Chassis numbers run from 930 670 0151 to 0180 (plus 930 670 0540)....
When the idea came up of producing a series of race cars for the mainly-amateur racers who drove such GT...
When I’m not helping to sell the occasional old race car, or visiting old race car meetings, I’ve usually got...
Chassis No: 911 460 9029 Engine No: 684 0053 Prod. No: 104 2302 G/box No: 716 1222 (15/1) Colour: White/Gold...
My first “real” racing car was a Porsche RS/R, which I bought in the mid-1980s. Previously, I had done quite...
There are 935s, and then there are 935s… Although almost a hundred Porsche 935s were built between 1975 and 1984,...
When I first started writing my book, “R to RSR: The Racing Porsche 911s” in 1987, whilst living in England,...
This story covers the development of the Porsche 911 RS/RSR prototype in the middle of 1972. Surprisingly, the very first...
There are 934s, and there are 934s… The Porsche 934 has long lived in the shadow of its more powerful...
Development of the 1979 Kremer-Porsche K3 Kremer Racing, headed up by the two brothers Erwin and Manfred, from Cologne, Germany,...
Ed note: The history of specific chassis used in notable races decades ago can be hard to verify but are...
Porsche 956-110 (1983) A rare bird, even by 956 standards, this is one of just four chassis built for the...
Porsche 956-110 (1983) One of just two privateer 956’s to beat the Works Rothmans 956, 956-110 is a super original,...
Porsche 956-008 Works (1983) A Rothmans factory 956 newly built for the 1983 Le Mans. Driven by the stellar German...
Porsche 956B-115 (1984) Mechanically the same as 956/114 it was bought and run by Porsche Kremer. It’s big claim to...
Porsche 956-106 (1984) The Canon-liveried 1984 Brands Hatch 1,000 km winner. Sold to Walter Brun in 1985 & won the...
Porsche 956-009 Works (1984) Sometimes, a car’s history is so good that it is never lost track of. Such a...
Porsche 956-001 Works (1982) Built as the first Rothmans Team Car, it ran for the first time at Weissach on...
RLR Porsche 962-200 (1988-1989) Richard Lloyd and his team were first to go in their own direction with a Porsche,...
Porsche 962-010 Works It did two races and won neither but, with the exception of 956/001, it’s still probably the...
Porsche 962-008 Works An interesting car, even by works Group C Porsche standards. Not only was it the last 962...
Porsche 962-007 Works One of just two new lightweight Rothmans Works car built for 1987 and then updated to Shell...
Porsche 962-004 Works As the first 962 was the IMSA test bed, next to be built were the first three...
Porsche 962-108C (1988-1989) The famous ‘Miller 962’ was rightly seen as the fastest 962 in the world, with wins at...
Porsche 962-003BM (1989) One of the most successful World Championship 962’s in period. Both the complete 1989 season original FIA...
Porsche 962-011 Works It was the first chassis built and developed at Weissach for the official factory supported Joest team,...
Porsche 962 Chassis #962-101 The first customer Porsche 962, chassis number 962-101, was sold to Bruce Leven, team owner and...
Porsche 962C (1985) Chassis #002 This factory “Werks” car is one the most historically significant Porsche racing cars of all...
ACO Museum, Le Mans 16 September 2020: As it was the 50th anniversary of Porsche’s first win at Le Mans,...
Molly ready for the Peking to Paris rally in 2007 © David & Julie Harrison She was manufactured in 1958,...
Porsche 904/8 (chassis #008) photographed in the Porsche Museum, September 2020 F.A. ‘Butzi’ Porsche, the eldest son of Ferry and...
Daytona 24 Hours, 4-5 February 1984: Sarel van der Merwe, Graham Duxbury and Tony Martin drove a fine race to...
Porsche 935 JLP-4 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, 2014 JLP-4 was the final race car in the line of...
1979 Porsche 935 chassis #009 0004 – Willow Springs International Raceway © Robert Graham Junior The phone rang, it was...
Kremer Porsche 935 K3/80 (chassis #0013) In the mid-70s, Porsche developed the 935 model, a race car homologated on the...
Lined up in the pit lane before the 1994 Le Mans 24-Hours, is from the left: #36 962 Dauer Le...
Side view of the ANDIAL 935-L ‘Moby Dick’ in the Riverside pit lane 1982 The ANDIAL 935-L ‘Moby Dick’ race...
Rothmans Porsche 962C (chassis #006) 1987 Le Mans 24 Hour winner photographed at Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, May 2017 The...
#21 Martini Porsche 917 LH (chassis #042) was driven by Gerard Larrousse and Vic Elford in the 1971 Le Mans...
Daytona 24 Hours, 31 January/1 February 1981: Bob Garretson, Bobby Rahal and Brian Redman driving the #9 Porsche 935 (chassis #009...
Porsche 935 chassis no. 009 00030, the Old Warhorse speeds up the hill at the 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed...
1970 Porsche 917/10 prototype chassis #917/10-001 as offered for sale on 8 February 2017 Mention the name Porsche and motor...
