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…
Read MorePorsche 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…
Read MoreAt 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…
Read MoreAlthough 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…
Read MoreFollowing 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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