Porsche 718 RSK Spyder (1957 – 1959)
The Porsche 718 RSK Spyder was the culmination of years of competition racers by Porsche
The Porsche 718 RSK Spyder was the culmination of years of competition racers by Porsche
Before the 1952 races at Torrey Pines, von Neumann had Emil Diedt remove the coupe's roof, creating in effect the first Carrera Speedster.
The 917 Kurzheck Coupé (917K) first appeared in 1970. A winner from day one.
Just 49 356 B GS/GTs Produced. Built from lightweight materials and had Porsche’s most powerful racing engine of the time
For the 1971 Season, the 917 Kurzheck Coupé (917K) was upgraded in several ways
The Porsche WSC-95 was a Le Mans Prototype originally built by Tom Walkinshaw Racing. It was later upgraded to the Porsche LMP1-98 before being retired. Only two cars were ever built.
The 917/20 Turbo is a confusing car - its chassis number reads 917/30-001, but it is not the real 917/30
The 907 was conceived and built as a way to win the 1967 Le Mans race.
The ultimate development of the 924 in its race trim was the 924 Carrera GTR race car
The first turbo-Porsche, Can-Am winner 1972, Interserie winner 1972, 1973
Changes thanks to new regulations and a larger engine gave us the RS60
Porsche decided to end its 20-year history of factory sports car racing and sold the 908/03 cars to customers. In 1975, some 908s were fitted with turbocharged engines.
There was a belief that longer bodies are more aerodynamic and are therefore better for faster tracks, so a 908 Flunder Spyder with a longer tail was created
Of all the 917 variants, the ‘Interserie Spyder’ was one of the most successful. It won the Interserie championship outright for two years in a row before the model was replaced by the 917/10 of 1972
Planned as a successor to the Porsche 550, the car was discontinued in favor of the revised 550A and the Porsche 718. Single example was destroyed in a spectacular crash.
Built by Porsche in 1982 for the FIA World Sportscar Championship. In 1983, driven by Stefan Bellof, this car established a record that would stand for 35 year
Fourteen Super 90 Coupes were ordered with the lightweight GT package for racing.
Nine factory vehicles received the 2-liter, six-cylinder boxer engine with an injection system
Successful VW Dealer and sporstcar racer, Walter Glöckler built this special car for the German Car Championship
The 908/02 K Spyder and 908 K Flunder Spyder were basically the same cars with slightly different bodywork
Only two 917/10 were created in 1971.
Carl Fausett Is At It Again
The 909 Bergspyder did not win a major event. It ended up being an awesome laboratory of ideas (not all worked).
Three factory 904 race cars were fitted with a flat eight-cylinder power plant derived from the 1962 804 F1 car
The First Porsche Ever to Win a 24-Hour Endurance Race.
The Car That Killed Can-Am
The first two Porsche 550s (Chassis #550-01 & #550-02) were coupes
This 908 received a completely new tubular frame based on that of the 909 Bergspyder and its three liter engine was moved forward.
These cars were designed by the factory to race in SCCA D Production Championship starting in 1979.
The 550A was based on Porsche’s first purpose-built racing car, the mid-engined RS 550 Spyder.
In 1950, eleven remaining Gmund chassis were assembled after the factory returned to Germany and converted to SL racing spec
After a long absence of a Carrera model in the 356 model lineup, Porsche made another version with the intro of a 2.0L engine.
Notching up over 50 major victories and more than 100 podium results, the 908/02 Spyder is one of the most successful Porsche race cars
In the late sixties, Ferdinand Piëch wanted Porsche at the top of motor sports and the 908 was his answer.
The Pink Pig
The greatest version of the 959 is, and always will be, the Rothman's liveried Paris-Dakar racing version.
KdF Berlin-Rome race car. The Porsche Type 64 (1939-1940)
In keeping with FIA regulations, Porsche created a new lightweight 356 with help from Abarth
The 1972 917/10 was similar to the 908/03, but had the 12-cylinder engine instead of the 3-litre flat-8.
For the 1966 Le Mans 24h race, long-tail LH ("Langheck") versions were made and now the standard 906 were called as 906 K ("Kurz", short in German)
The Cisitalia Grand Prix is a single-seater car for the postwar 1.5-litre supercharged Grand Prix class, built by Italian sports car manufacturer Cisitalia and introduced in 1949.
Sold alongside the Carrera de Luxe, the GT was lightened and prepared for racing.
Built to take full advantage of new FIA rules allowing a two-inch wider track.
In 1992, Porsche introduced the 968 Turbo RS racecar which it developed to compete in the new ADAC GT racing series in Germany.
The 1961 Porsche RS was one of the last Spyders made by Porsche that used the potent 4-cam engine. It was a successor to the 1960 RS60
Porsche 910 was the evolution of the 906 with Ferdinand Piëch as its main driving force and Hans Mezger
Another four factory 906s received an air-cooled eight-cylinder boxer engine of the type 771, which was already used in the 904/8.
Developed for endurance sports car racing, the 906 was a street-legal racing car that raced in the FIA's Group 4 class
Like the 917 LH of 1969 and 1970, the 1971 version was also made for one race only - the 24 hours of Le Mans.
In 1965, the 904’s second and final production year, some examples received a version of the 911’s 2.0-liter flat-six. This version was dubbed the 904/6.
The fastest street-legal automobile offered by the still-small German automaker in 1957
Spark Formula E with Porsche 99X powertrain (2019)
The giant killer
The Porsche 904 debuted late in 1963, for the 1964 racing season. The 1965 Porsche 904 Carrera GTS variant to compete in the FIA-GT class
Only 15 prototypes (including coupes) were made until regular production began in 1954 of the Porsche RS Spyder.
In 1967 and 1968, Porsche's lightweight 910 Bergspyder was a championship-winning machine
In the late sixties, Ferdinand Piëch wanted Porsche at the top of motor sports and the 908 was his answer.
For 1958, the 718 RSK Spyder was modified to compete in FIA Formula racing events. Gone was the conventional two-seat layout now replaced with a single seat in the middle.
The 906 Spyder was the first Porsche racing car built under Ferdinand Piëch's orders and there could be only a person as determined as Piëch to use Lotus parts on a Porsche.
Porsche created the first prototype racecar it has designed and constructed since the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans winning Porsche 911 GT1 as a commission.
The Porsche 961 was the racing version of the 959 supercar.
The short tail 917 K ("Kurz" in German for short) was raced first. The only engine available in 1969 was the 4.5-litre flat 12.
For the 1969 racing season the absolutely new Porsche 917 with 4.5-litre 12-cylinder engine was created.
The Porsche 9R3 was meant to address Audi's Le Mans dominance. Instead, it gave its V10 heart to the Carrera GT.