Having reserved the 956 strictly for works use during the model’s maiden season (1982), Porsche began to offer customer copies for 1983. The following year, a further updated iteration was supplied…
Read MoreAs a consequence of its superior specification and a legion of customer cars to support the Rothmans-backed factory team, the Porsche 956 proved almost unbeatable during Group C’s…
Read MoreChassis 116 was the second 956 purchased by Brun Motorsport. Acquired for the 1984 season, it joined the team’s existing car, chassis 111, which had been raced successfully throughout 1983. In…
Read MoreChassis 004 was one of ten 956s assembled for use by the Rothmans-backed Porsche works team and one of four used during the model’s debut season: 1982. 004 first appeared as part of a three-car…
Read MoreWith its record of five major victories from eight race outings, Porsche 956 chassis 003 ranks among the most successful top flight Sports Prototypes ever. Reserved for use by the Rothmans…
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 MoreChassis 108 was ordered by the Trust Racing Team to contest the 1983 Japanese Sportscar Championship and Fuji Long Distance Series. It would replace a Group 5 Toyota Celica LB Turbo…
Read MoreChassis 102 was one of a dozen Porsche 956s sold to customer teams for 1983. The car was purchased new by John Fitzpatrick Racing who also acquired chassis 110 mid-way through the…
Read MoreChassis 106 was sold to British racing driver and team owner, Richard Lloyd. Lloyd began competing in the late 1960s. After a series of Morgans, Triumphs and Lotuses, he moved up to…
Read MoreAfter years of persistence, Porsche finally ascended the summit of sports car racing in 1969. There was no doubt that the FIA’s implementation of a three-litre Prototype engine limit from 1968 had…
Read MoreIn 1982, the brand new Porsche 956 was reserved for works use. Customer deliveries started for the 1983 season and a dozen units were sold. Another six new cars were delivered in 1984, four of which…
Read MoreChassis 115 was one of six new 956s that appeared during the 1984 season. They supplemented the dozen customer cars delivered in 1983. Chassis 115 was purchased by the Kremer brothers…
Read MoreChassis 111 was one of a dozen Porsche 956 customer cars delivered for the 1983 season. It was sold on 30th June 1983 to professional Swiss racing driver, Walter Brun. Earlier in the year, Brun had…
Read MoreChassis 101 was the first customer 956 manufactured by Porsche for Group C racing. It was sold to the Cologne-based Kremer brothers, Erwin and Manfred, who ran one of the most competitive…
Read MoreChassis 109 was one of the dozen 956s built for customer teams in 1983. 109 was purchased by Hans Obermaier who ran Obermaier Racing, a Porsche motorsport workshop in Halsbach, Bavaria. The…
Read MorePurchased new in May 1983, chassis 110 was one of two 956s sold that year to John Fitzpatrick Racing (JFR). The other was chassis 102. Painted white with triple-tone blue stripes, the JFR cars…
Read MoreChassis 002 was one of three brand new 956s taken to the 1982 Le Mans 24 hours. The prototype, chassis 001, had debuted at the Silverstone 6 Hours a month earlier and Le Mans would be the 956’s…
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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