Porsche 917

Manufacturers' World Championship for Porsche in 1970-1971

Porsche 908, 909 and 917 racing cars were the brainchilds of engineering genius Ferdinand Piëch, the grandchild of Ferdinand Porsche and nephew of Ferry Porsche. The 917 was the only Porsche model produced with the 12-cylinder engine and experimentally even with the 16-cylinder.

#23 917 K-70 (official clone of the 1970 Le Mans 24h winner), #6 917/30 (1973 Can-Am winner), #0 917 PA Spyder, #21 917 LH-71 (it made 386 km/h speed record at 1971 Le Mans 24h), #2 917 K-70 (1970 Daytona 24h winner), #6 917/10 Turbo (1972 Can-Am winner). Photo made at 1998 Monterey Historcs.© Porsche

Anniversaries: Apr, 25 – 87th birthday of the Porsche company (1931); May, 09 – 32nd birthday of the 961 (1986); May, 10 – 75th birthday of Wolfgang Porsche (1943); May, 15 – 36th birthday of the 956 (1982); May, 20 – 56th birthday of the 804 (1962)

Le Mans winner 1970-1971, Interserie winner 1970-1971-1972-1973-1974, Can-Am winner 1972-1973

Manufacturers' World Championship for Porsche in 1970-1971