As a consequence of having to build at leat 25 917s in order to qualify for the up to five-litre Group 4 category, Porsche ended up with many more 917s than they really needed. Following the FIA…
Read MoreChassis 105 was one of two customer 956s sold to the Joest Racing team for 1983 (the other having been chassis 104). Since its inception in 1978, Reinhold Joest’s team had rapidly become one of the…
Read MoreUndoubtedly the most successful racing car of the Group 5 era which ran from 1976 to 1981 / ‘82 was Porsche’s epic 935. In 1976 the 935 was reserved for use by the Martini-backed factory team. 13…
Read MoreChassis GT003 was one of three Dauer 962 LMs built to Sport specification by the Porsche factory. Jochen Dauer granted Porsche permission to race cars built under his name in return for technical…
Read MoreChassis 022 was one of the 25 917s presented to the FIA inspectors on April 21st 1969. Like most of these cars, it was only loosely assembled. During 1969, Porsche used chassis 001 for promotional…
Read MoreAlthough Porsche had been the most successful manufacturer in terms of Le Mans wins during the 1980s, the firm’s last victory had come in 1987. Since then, a global economic downturn and…
Read MorePorsche 956 chassis 104 was one of the twelve examples built for customer teams in 1983. 1983 was the first year the Group C challenger was sold to independent teams. Since emerging in 1978…
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