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Porsche 917 LH-70
Premiere: 1970 April 12 at Le Mans test day

Engines
4.5F12 | 428 kW | 375 lb-ft | 510 Nm |
4.9F12 | 441 kW | 404 lb-ft | 550 Nm |
The long tail version of the 917 was specially built for Le Mans high speed track and only used there. Four new cars were made for 1970 - chassis 917-040, 041, 042 and 043. The first one, the 917-040 was lost on April 6, 1970, when Kurt Ahrens jr. crashed it at the high speed test on wet tarmac at the Ehra-Lessien test track. Despite the car desintegrating, Ahrens survived in good condition (19 days later he would already race at the Monza 1000 km).


The 917-041 is seen publically when testing at the Le Mans test day on April 12. The car is used as a test car and later scrapped.
Two 917 LHs were entered for the 1970 race, the 917-042 with the 4.9-litre and the 917-043 with the 4.5-litre engine. The 4.9-litre LH was designed to win the race. It was quickest in the qualification and started from the pole position. Unfortunately the engine didn't last for 24 hours. Because of misfortune and bad weather, lots of cars had to retire and the event was won by a 917 K-70 4.5 that was 13 seconds slower per lap than the LH 4.9. The Martini Racing 917 LH 4.5 (917-043) finished second driven by Gérard Larrousse/Willy Kauhsen. Because of the car's livery, it was nicknamed as a hippie-Porsche and as a psychedelic-Porsche. The livery was designed by Latvian Anatole 'Tony' Lapine, who was the head designer at Porsche.

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