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Story by Glen Smale. All images courtesy of © Porter Press Int. Porsche’s Type 956, 962 and 962C is the world’s...
Le Mans, the movie This Porsche 917K was immortalized as the race winner in Steve McQueen’s 1971 film Le Mans,...
The invention of the Targa body style and the introduction of the turbocharger for production cars are two key moments...
After participating in the 1971 Monte Carlo Rally, where the crew of Ake Andersson/Bo Thorszelius (pictured right, registration plate SY...
1968. The chassis was used at the April test races of Le Mans. In addition, two variants of the tail...
936 Beginnings The Porsche 936 was an odd car for Porsche. It was the result of an almost overnight decision...
Written by: Glen Smale Images by: Virtual Motorpix/Glen Smale and Corporate Archives Porsche AG...
Prototype 906: intermediate – Porsche 904/8 Bergspyder chassis 906-010...
Images by: Virtual Motorpix/Glen Smale and Corporate Archives Porsche AG The Porsche 917 was the culmination of a line of...
After bodywork testing with the prototype 934, 930 670 0001, the Porsche factory built its first 935 to actually race...
1976 saw 31 customer 934 cars built. Chassis numbers run from 930 670 0151 to 0180 (plus 930 670 0540)....
When the idea came up of producing a series of race cars for the mainly-amateur racers who drove such GT...
Sports car racing went through some turbulent times in the early 1970’s. At the start (1970) the world championship was...
When I’m not helping to sell the occasional old race car, or visiting old race car meetings, I’ve usually got...
Chassis No: 911 460 9029 Engine No: 684 0053 Prod. No: 104 2302 G/box No: 716 1222 (15/1) Colour: White/Gold...
My first “real” racing car was a Porsche RS/R, which I bought in the mid-1980s. Previously, I had done quite...
There are 935s, and then there are 935s… Although almost a hundred Porsche 935s were built between 1975 and 1984,...
When I first started writing my book, “R to RSR: The Racing Porsche 911s” in 1987, whilst living in England,...
This story covers the development of the Porsche 911 RS/RSR prototype in the middle of 1972. Surprisingly, the very first...
The 914/6 was the Porsche-engined version of the 914, the joint venture sports car designed by Porsche and built at...
There are 934s, and there are 934s… The Porsche 934 has long lived in the shadow of its more powerful...
Development of the 1979 Kremer-Porsche K3 Kremer Racing, headed up by the two brothers Erwin and Manfred, from Cologne, Germany,...
The “Perlglanz 928 GTS” We have done lots of research on the Porsche 928 over the years so when we...
Ed note: The history of specific chassis used in notable races decades ago can be hard to verify but are...
In 1977, to participate in the SCCA Trans-Am championship, American pilot Monte Shelton and, concurrently, owner of Monte’s Motors Co....
Porsche 956-110 (1983) A rare bird, even by 956 standards, this is one of just four chassis built for the...
Porsche 956-110 (1983) One of just two privateer 956’s to beat the Works Rothmans 956, 956-110 is a super original,...
Porsche 956-008 Works (1983) A Rothmans factory 956 newly built for the 1983 Le Mans. Driven by the stellar German...
Porsche 956B-115 (1984) Mechanically the same as 956/114 it was bought and run by Porsche Kremer. It’s big claim to...
Porsche 956-106 (1984) The Canon-liveried 1984 Brands Hatch 1,000 km winner. Sold to Walter Brun in 1985 & won the...
Porsche 956-009 Works (1984) Sometimes, a car’s history is so good that it is never lost track of. Such a...
Porsche 956-001 Works (1982) Built as the first Rothmans Team Car, it ran for the first time at Weissach on...
RLR Porsche 962-200 (1988-1989) Richard Lloyd and his team were first to go in their own direction with a Porsche,...
Porsche 962-010 Works It did two races and won neither but, with the exception of 956/001, it’s still probably the...
Porsche 962-008 Works An interesting car, even by works Group C Porsche standards. Not only was it the last 962...
Porsche 962-007 Works One of just two new lightweight Rothmans Works car built for 1987 and then updated to Shell...
Porsche 962-004 Works As the first 962 was the IMSA test bed, next to be built were the first three...
Porsche 962-108C (1988-1989) The famous ‘Miller 962’ was rightly seen as the fastest 962 in the world, with wins at...
Porsche 962-003BM (1989) One of the most successful World Championship 962’s in period. Both the complete 1989 season original FIA...
Porsche 962-011 Works It was the first chassis built and developed at Weissach for the official factory supported Joest team,...
Porsche 962 Chassis #962-101 The first customer Porsche 962, chassis number 962-101, was sold to Bruce Leven, team owner and...
Porsche 962C (1985) Chassis #002 This factory “Werks” car is one the most historically significant Porsche racing cars of all...
Dauer 962LM Design and aerodynamics — Motorsports Design Consultants (MDC) Ltd Composite body — Lola Composites Prototyp (ex 962-133)...
In 1971 the first ever Starbucks coffee house was opened in Seattle, Washington. That same year, the fourth manned landing...
She was manufactured in 1958, and much of her early life is unrecorded. But in 2004, a customer of Gantspeed...
F.A. ‘Butzi’ Porsche, the eldest son of Ferry and Dorothea Porsche, joined the family business in 1958 having shown great...
Although it is not widely known, one of the most successful Porsche powered race cars ever, was not a Porsche....
JLP-4 was the final race car in the line of Porsche 935 specials built for the John Paul father and...
The phone rang, it was my old friend Carlos de Quesada. “I’ve just bought a 935 to restore,” he told...
In the mid-70s, Porsche developed the 935 model, a race car homologated on the 930 road car and aimed at...
February 1, 1954, the city of New York. The Porsche-550, chassis 04 returned from the Gulf of Mexico after participating...
As the Dauer Porsche 962 LM GT celebrates its 25th anniversary (1994-2019), PORSCHE ROAD & RACE looks back at how...
On August 18, Annie Bousquet, during the arrival of the record in one hour, lost control and got into an...
Ernst Fuhrmann’s requirement to develop a significantly updated GT race car in 1977, would present a number of challenges for...
The ANDIAL 935-L ‘Moby Dick’ race car was a one-off creation that raced between 1982-1985. Without any help from the...
