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‘Scary’ is not an adjective uttered often by seasoned racing drivers in the company of their peers, but it tripped easily from the lips of the small band of heroes who drove Porsche’s first 12-cylinder Type 917 sports cars. Few racing cars since the hairy-chested Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union Grand...
1973 – 1974 Porsche 917/30 Spyder Pictures...
The final evolution of the 917 was created after Ferdinand Piëch had left the Porsche company in 1972. Two complete 917/30 Can-Am cars with 2500 mm (98.4") wheelbase were made for Roger Penske Enterprises racing team. They were chassis 917/30-002 and 003. The 001 car was not a real 917/30 and was raced in Europe at the Interserie. The Can-Am 917/30 had a 5.4-litre flat 12-cylinder twin-turbo engine which produced so much power that nobody really knew how much.
Porsche 917/30-003 1975 Team Penske In 1976 Penske sold the chassis to privateer Otis Chandler. Pictured Riverside, 1979. Porsche 917/30-003 test drives ...
Spa-Francorchamps, 9 April 2018: Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo, Porsche LMP Team In the year following a third consecutive WEC title, Porsche is taking its World Championship winning race car around the world on a ‘goodbye tour’. The Stuttgart company is well aware that a little bit of good PR never...
The ultimate expression of CanAm’s unique sky’s-the-limit approach to technical regulations, this 1200bhp twin-turbo monster was a sensation, rubbing salt into the opposition’s wounds by totally dominating the 1973 season after its predecessor. The Porsche 917/30 was a derivative of the 917/10 and it was the first real turbocharged racing car developed to...
The story of Mark Donohue’s racing achievements has been told in numerous magazine articles over the years. His achievements too, in the famous #6 Sunoco Porsche 917/30 in the 1973 Can-Am series, have been similarly covered many times. But until I read The Unfair Advantage, I had little knowledge of...
Despite being 50 years old, the formidable Porsche 917/30 still boasts a power-to-weight ratio that rivals that of a modern Formula 1 car. With approximately 1200bhp generated by a 5.4-liter flat-12 engine equipped with two turbochargers, all contained within an 800kg car, the 917/30 proves its prowess on the road....
