It is 44 years since the all-conquering Porsche 956 burst onto the racing scene. Over a twelve-year period, from 1982...
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As early as their drive home from Le Mans in 1997 Porsche racing chief Norbert Singer and racing engineer Herbert...
Le Mans, the movie This Porsche 917K was immortalized as the race winner in Steve McQueen’s 1971 film Le Mans,...
Much of what Porsche learns in motor racing benefits the production models and thus the customers. The story of the...
Regarding 1950s Porsche Spyders, the sheer number of podium finishes reveal a tale of one the greatest sports cars ever...
In a garage full of legendary vehicles, one in particular stands out: the Porsche 935. The Porsche 935 was the...
One of the most colorful episodes in the history of Porsche was their 13th Le Mans victory in 1994 with...
Background In the early 1970s, a new European Grand Touring Championship gave the competition 911s a fresh lease of life....
Invitation to race from Charles Faroux Charles Faroux was a car enthusiast, a racing official, a leading French motor-publication editor...
We have partnered with Sports Car Digest to bring amazing Porsche content from the SCD archives to Stuttcars. This piece...
In 1977, Porsche’s “improvised” Type 936/77 took on the full-court press of four Renaults at Le Mans. Retirements and technical...
With Stuttgart neighbor Mercedes on the rampage, Porsche had trouble on the track in the late 1990s GT1 era. But...
Proven through competition Engineering, design, innovation; while the list is long for what describes the Porsche name, it can be...
The terms Porsche and racing have now become virtually synonymous. In no small part, this is due to the German...
Accused of sandbagging at Daytona, two WSC-95 spyders were in storage until called to duty by Team Joest. Porsches by...
The 24 Hours of Le Mans. Even just the name evokes memories of classic races, unbelievable tragedy, and some of...
Porsche 356 SL bodies lined up in the Reutter workshop (Werk 2) in 1951. This facility was used as the...
The weather had been warm all week, but on race day, the heavens opened just in time for the start,...
Movie star and racing driver Steve McQueen had an idea to make a film based on the Le Mans 24H...
Porsche at Le Mans – The Ultimate Guide to Every Year & Every Result Circuit de la Sarthe is situated...
In 1971 the first ever Starbucks coffee house was opened in Seattle, Washington. That same year, the fourth manned landing...
F.A. ‘Butzi’ Porsche, the eldest son of Ferry and Dorothea Porsche, joined the family business in 1958 having shown great...
Today, Porsche can boast a total of 19 overall victories together with countless class successes in the 24 Hours of...
In the mid-1970s, Porsche developed the 911 for racing, and in the process, it created the all-conquering 935. In 1978,...
As the Dauer Porsche 962 LM GT celebrates its 25th anniversary (1994-2019), PORSCHE ROAD & RACE looks back at how...
A lack of testing proved to be the downfall of the Porsche-Lola T600 in the 49th running of the Le...
In the week leading up to the Le Mans Test Day, Porsche announced their new liveries for the 24-hour race...
When you were last with Richard Wiley, we were hurtling around a damp La Sarthe in 1988 with Stuck in...
My 2019 European Expedition had been organised for some months, which was to take in the WEC Spa-Francorchamps 6 Hours...
It landed on my desk one day, unannounced and unexpected. The package was large and covered in stickers and labels,...
In 1982, Porsche introduced the Type 956, the race car manufacturer’s entrant in the newly created Group C racing series...
Porsche has been represented at the Le Mans 24 Hours every year since 1951, in both an official factory capacity...
In this feature, the fifth in our series that looks at the different eras of Porsche’s participation at Le Mans,...
While diplomats and cartographers may technically show the roads around Le Mans as French soil, Porsche has laid claim to...
The decline of Group 6 and the growth of Group C saw the emergence of what is today widely regarded...
The origins of the 1998 Porsche 911 GT1 Le Mans winner can be traced back to a roadgoing version of...
Group 5 rules offered manufacturers a great deal of freedom to modify their cars in the Silhouette class. At Porsche,...
The 1972 season broke, ushering in with it a new era of racing. The Porsche 917 had reigned supreme for...
The Porsche 956 and its successor the 962, are widely and justifiably regarded as the most successful sports racing prototypes...
The Carrera Six, as Porsche officially called the 906, was a radically different car from its predecessor, the 904 GTS....
From 1964 through to 1969, Porsche lifted its game from being a class winner to setting international lap speed and...
This is a story of the incredible career of Porsche 935 009 00030, one of the most amazing race cars...
The name Porsche is synonymous with the world’s toughest endurance race, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, boasting an unbroken...
Le Mans 1990 was a whole new ballgame. The circuit had changed drastically. The famous Mulsanne straight was now going...
Sixty-six years ago, on 24 June 1951, the first Porsche was pushed tentatively onto the starting grid of the 1951...
The Garretson Developments Sports Car team entered two cars at Le Mans 1982, a March-Chevrolet and a Porsche 935. The...
Le Mans in 1980 was in kind of a transition. The Porsche 935 K3 had won the prior year. Kremer...
The introduction of the Type 904 heralded a new direction for Porsche’s race cars. Gone were the aluminium-bodied racers, as...
The name Porsche is synonymous with the world’s toughest endurance race, the 24-Hours of Le Mans, boasting an unbroken run...
