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The Porsche 917/10, introduced in 1972, was purpose-built for the Can-Am series in North America. At its heart was a mid-mounted 5.0-liter flat-12 engine, equipped with dual turbochargers, producing an extraordinary 900 horsepower. This immense power enabled the 917/10 to achieve blistering speeds of up to 240 mph, making it...
The legendary Porsche 917 debuted at the Geneva Motor Show on March 12, 1969. Hans Mezger, renowned for Porsche’s flat-six boxer engine, led the development of the 917’s flat-12 engine and oversaw the entire project as lead engineer. Initially unstable at high speeds due to insufficient downforce, the 917 was...
The loophole Porsche racecar Ferrari couldn’t touch! The Porsche 917 was the brainchild 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. When the new rules...
Drivers View Porsche 917K On Track A visor-cam in a $20 million Porsche 917K? Absolutely. Let driver Bruce Canepa and RACER take you inside the coveted 4.5-liter flat-12 Le Mans icon during a race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca during the recent Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion event where Canepa duels...
Porsche 917K Onboard Video filmed during Rennsport Reunion IV, in 2011 at Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, California. Chassis 016 was originally driven by Pedro Rodriguez and Leo Kinnunen for John Wyer’s Gulf Oil sponsored racing team during the 1970 World Sportscar Championship (what is today the World Endurance Championship,...
Epic Porsche 917 On-Track Shakedown Hosted by Porsche Cars North America, Rennsport Reunion V once again brings together an extraordinary gathering of significant Porsche vintage and current racecars, as well as the motorsports figures who have designed, engineered, and driven them to victory in the world’s most famous sports car...
Triple test: Porsche 917, Ferrari 512S and Lola T70 Porsche 917, Ferrari 512, Lola T70 – perhaps as great a concentration of sports car heritage as you could find in a single pit garage. And Motor Sport was at Donington Park to drive them. Your chauffeur? Dario Franchitti. For the October...
Porsche 917K Racing at Spa A works car, this 917 was entered at Le Mans in 1969 for Vic Elford and Richard Attwood as a 917 LH. The British pairing led for 18 hours and by six laps until clutch issues signalled the beginning of the end for the final...
Porsche 917K Track Video This is a video of a 1969 Porsche 917 (chassis 025) racing at Monza Circuit during the “1000 km Challenge” race revival, a 3 hours race in which race cars from 1960 to 1970 compete for the victory. This Porsche 917-025 was built for Porsche AG as...
Monterey 2021—How to Start the 1970 Porsche 917 K How do you start a Porsche race car? It might be more involved than you think. Watch and listen in for a quick lesson with Paul Lanzante, owner of Unit Four Limited, as he instructs on the proper method for starting...
Porsche 917K racing at high speeds! (brutal flat-12 sound) The 917 Kurzheck is very rare and very expensive. However, on a racetrack like Spa-Francorchamps you just gotta do what you gotta do, right? Drive it like you stole it! This was recorded during the Classic Endurance Racing 1 (one hour race)...
Held in the grounds of Hedingham Castle, Classics at the Castle is a very special Porsche car show held annually. One of the highlights of the show was the Le Mans winning, Number 23, 917K as driven by Richard Attwood. We spoke to Richard about what it was like driving...
Enjoy a close-up experience of the history of Porsche at the Porsche Museum, at night when the museum comes alive! Encounter legendary racing and sports cars, fascinating production models as well as unusual prototypes. More than 80 vehicles will take you from the early years all the way to the...
In our series of looking back at the racing icons of history this month, in preparation of global motorsports returning in July 2020, our second article is about one of the most famous Porsche race cars of all time. From the Grand Tour show, James May, or better known as...
Original video footage (45min) of the Porsche Rennsport Reunion III at the Daytona International Speedway, held in November 2007. The event was sponsored by Porsche Cars North America and organised by Brian Redman’s Intercontinental Events, Inc....