Worthy candidates for ultimate 911 are numerous, but can anything top an ex-works Martini Racing RSR from 1973 that bagged sixth overall and fourth in class at the Targa Florio World Championship race?
Read MoreChassis 9113600576, also known as R5, started life as one of the seven 911 RSRs campaigned by the works-assisted Martini Racing outfit in European rounds of the 1973 World Sportscar Championship.
Read MorePorsche created the fabled 2.7-litre 911 Carrera RS with one aim: to homologate the most potent Group 4 GT racing car possible. What emerged was the first generation 911 Carrera RSR which in…
Read MoreChassis 9113600686, also known as R7, was the last of Porsche’s eight R-numbered 911 RSRs to appear during the 1973 season. R7 made its competition debut alongside sister car R5 at the…
Read MoreAlthough Porsche had created suitably enhanced 911s for competition use more or less since the model’s launch, Sports Prototype racing by-and-large remained the company’s main focus.
Read MoreChassis 9113600307, also known as R3, was one of Porsche tricked-out quasi-works Carrera RSRs allocated to the firm’s factory-supported satellite squads for the 1973 season. Completed in January…
Read MoreChassis 9113600020, also known as R2, was one of eight R-numbered RSR prototypes built for the 1973 season following the completion of two development mules (9113600001 and 9113600002).
Read MoreThe only reason Porsche created the fabled 2.7-litre 911 Carrera RS was to pave the way for this car to go racing in 1973: the 911 2.8 Carrera RSR. In addition to its bigger engine (308bhp compared to…
Read MoreSince the late 1950s, Porsche had primarily focused its factory motor sport programmes on Sports and Prototype racing cars. During this period there had been the odd works foray with enhanced…
Read MoreFollowing the completion of two RSR prototypes (9113600001 and 9113600002), Porsche built a batch of eight R-numbered examples that were typically riddled with experimental equipment (R1 through…
Read MoreChassis 9113600002 (0002) was the first 911 Carrera RS or RSR produced. It started life as an unused 2.5-litre 911 ST bodyshell (9112300841) that was renumbered to reflect its new status. Both 0002 and…
Read MoreChassis 9113600001 (0001) was an early Carrera RSR prototype built up by Porsche in anticipation of an attack on the 1973 World Sportscar Championship. Some of the parts used in the assembly of…
Read MoreHaving been appointed Porsche chairman in August 1972, Dr Ernst Fuhrmann immediately decided the 917 programme had become excessively expensive and too detached from the firm’s road car…
Read MoreOf the six 911 RSR Porsches campaigned by the works Martini squad in 1973, none contested more events than chassis 9113600588 (also known as R6). R6 made its competition debut alongside R5…
Read MoreFor 1973, the Martini Racing Team (overseen by ex-Gulf Racing manager, David Yorke) was tasked with campaigning Porsche’s new 911 RSR in European rounds of the World Sportscar Championship.
Read MoreWhile the Martini Racing Team was brought on board to manage the European legs of the 1973 World Sportscar Championship with the new 911 RSR, in the USA, that responsibility fell to Brumos and…
Read MoreFor the 1973 season, Porsche built 49 customer-spec. RSRs as racing versions of the 911 2.7 Carrera RS homologation special. Chassis 9113600601 was sold to Bob Harmon of Prattville, Alabama who…
Read MoreOf the 49 RSRs built for customers in 1973, chassis 9113600727 was unique. Destined for Peter Gregg’s Brumos team in Jacksonville, Florida, the car was assembled to largely the same…
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