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December 12, 2021

Guide: Porsche 917/20 - a Historical & Technical Appraisal

December 12, 2021/ Ben Tyer
Guide: Porsche 917/20 - a Historical & Technical Appraisal

Although there was little doubt that, with the formidable 917, Porsche had the fastest Sports Prototype of its era, a performance gulf existed between the crushingly effective short-tailed 917 K…

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December 12, 2021/ Ben Tyer/
Porsche, Porsche 917, 1970s Sports Prototypes, 1970s German cars, Group 5 1970-1971, One Offs, Art & Cars, Porsche 1970s
December 12, 2019

Guide: Porsche 917 K / 71 - a Historical & Technical Appraisal

December 12, 2019/ Ben Tyer
Guide: Porsche 917 K / 71 - a Historical & Technical Appraisal

Porsche had beaten Ferrari by nine wins to one in the 1970 World Sportscar Championship (including twice with the 908/03). They were hoping for a similarly dominant 1971 season. 1971 was to be the last…

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December 12, 2019/ Ben Tyer/
Porsche, Porsche 917, 1970s Sports Prototypes, 1970s German cars, Group 5 1970-1971, Porsche 917 K, Porsche 1970s
October 03, 2019

Guide: Porsche 917 / 71 L - a Historical & Technical Appraisal

October 03, 2019/ Ben Tyer
Guide: Porsche 917 / 71 L - a Historical & Technical Appraisal

At the 1970 Le Mans, had it not been for some rain-soaked electrics, one of Porsche’s long tailed 917s may well have won. Further refinements were made in anticipation of a return to la Sarthe in…

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October 03, 2019/ Ben Tyer/
Porsche, Porsche 917, 1970s Sports Prototypes, Group 5 1970-1971, 1970s German cars, Porsche 1970s, Porsche 917 L
August 11, 2019

Guide: Porsche 917 / 70 L - a Historical & Techncial Appraisal

August 11, 2019/ Ben Tyer
Guide: Porsche 917 / 70 L - a Historical & Techncial Appraisal

Although the Kurzheck configuration had transformed the Porsche 917 from an unstable and ill-handling pig, the trade off was a big drop in top speed; these short tailed variants topped out at…

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August 11, 2019/ Ben Tyer/
Porsche, Porsche 917, 1970s Sports Prototypes, 1970s German cars, Group 5 1970-1971, Porsche 917 L, Porsche 1970s
June 12, 2019

Guide: Porsche 917 K / 70 - a Historical & Technical Appraisal

June 12, 2019/ Ben Tyer
Guide: Porsche 917 K / 70 - a Historical & Technical Appraisal

Following back-to-back defeats at Daytona and Sebring in early 1969, Porsche decided they wanted a partner organisation to race their cars. Such a move would enable the factory to focus purely on…

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June 12, 2019/ Ben Tyer/
Porsche, 1970s Sports Prototypes, 1970s German cars, Group 5 1970-1971, Porsche 917 K, Porsche 1970s
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