Preamble – Early History In 1976, the rules for the World Championship of Makes (Sports Cars) changed to use the...
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The Porsche 911 entered 1973 as a very different automobile from the one Ferdinand Alexander Porsche had helped shape a...
Somewhere at Weissach in the 1980s, an engine ran on a test bench until its cylinder head melted. It was...
The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion once again turned WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca into a rolling showcase of motorsports history, drawing...
“Even greater performance and a Flachbau look, combined with a rear wing à la 911 GT3 R rennsport, please.” That...
The homologation of the Porsche 935 exactly 50 years ago marks the moment when an idea became a fully-fledged racing...
In its push for overall Le Mans victories, Porsche drifted away from its belief that race cars should closely mirror...
Built and raced by Bob Akin during the 1983 and 1984 IMSA seasons, this 1983 Porsche Fabcar 935/84 is a...
Almost no other brand represents personal freedom and individuality like Porsche. The first customer requests appeared in the 1950s, laying...
In the late 1970s, while Porsche’s 935 was dominating GT racing, the Kremer brothers, Manfred and Erwin, believed they could...
From 1977 through the 1980s, Porsche 935s dominated Group 5, GTP, and GTX racing across Europe and North America. With...
Incredibly successful in Le Mans Porsche was incredibly successful with the 917 in Le Mans and in the World Championship...
Group 5 origins The history of chassis 935-001, and Porsche’s 935 program at large, originates in a major revision to...
Background Since the 1960s, Porsche has been optimizing the aerodynamics of future racing and production vehicles in the wind tunnel...
Much of what Porsche learns in motor racing benefits the production models and thus the customers. The story of the...
In a garage full of legendary vehicles, one in particular stands out: the Porsche 935. The Porsche 935 was the...
They say that the cream always rises to the top, an expression used to illustrate that if something is really...
The Porsche 935 K3 was constructed by German tuner, Kremer Racing, in accordance with Group 5 regulations. It is equipped...
1976 Porsche 935 The history of 935-001, the first Porsche 935 ever built, originates in a major revision to the...
On the list of most intoxicating objects in the history of collecting, Porsche racing cars are certainly near the top....
This 1982 Porsche DP 935 was specifically commissioned by a Porsche engineer for a feature in “Car and Driver” magazine,...
The origins of this 1989 Porsche DP 935 Long Windshield lie in the iconic 935 race car, a dominant force in...
As Rolf Stommelen climbed behind the wheel of the front-running Andial/Meister Porsche 935K3 after co-driver Derek Bell had pitted to...
Magnus Walker’s popular YouTube series, “Other Peoples Porsche,” explores unique and fascinating Porsche cars across the country. From a 1969...
Porsche & Le Mans Newly released “Racing with Giants” video features archival footage of Le Mans past and present, along...
DP Motorsport is a German tuning company that came to prominence in the late 1970’s when they partnered with the...
In 1977 Kremer sufficiently improved the 935 to begin series production of their own version. It was the third Kremer...
The 935/78 was the ultimate expression of the 911 factory race car before Porsche officially withdrew from motor sport. Raced...
A few years ago, an unlikely vehicle listing appeared online by Cartique – a luxury car dealer from Germany. The...
After bodywork testing with the prototype 934, 930 670 0001, the Porsche factory built its first 935 to actually race...
Sports car racing went through some turbulent times in the early 1970’s. At the start (1970) the world championship was...
A great video to listen to the soundtrack of the 6-cylinder 2.9-L bi-turbo engine of the Porsche 935/77 Turbo. Turn...
There are 935s, and then there are 935s… Although almost a hundred Porsche 935s were built between 1975 and 1984,...
The premise was disarmingly simple: a race bringing together the best drivers in motorsport, all competing in identical cars, in...
Development of the 1979 Kremer-Porsche K3 Kremer Racing, headed up by the two brothers Erwin and Manfred, from Cologne, Germany,...
In 1979, French cyclist Jean Claude Rude set out to break the world speed record for a bicycle. The previous...
Porsche 935/77 “Baby” Specifications ...
Porsche 935/77 Specifications This is the spec sheet for the Porsche 935/77. Note there was also a 1.4 Liter “Baby” Porsche...
Porsche 935 K3Turbo At Nürburgring In 1979 a 935 K3 was the overall winner of the 24h of Le Mans....
Porsche 935 Turbo Kremer Video I recently had the opportunity to film the mighty 1979 Porsche 935 Turbo Kremer K3...
Porsche 935 Turbo Monster + Onboard I had the pleasure of filming this amazing Porsche 935 k3 Kremer Gr.5 during...
Porsche Special at Swiss Hillclimb In this video, he had the lucky chance to record both external and internal sounds...
On 15 June 1969, Jacky Ickx crossed the finish line in the 37th Le Mans 24 Hours a matter of...
JLP-4 was the final race car in the line of Porsche 935 specials built for the John Paul father and...
Yes, you might think the title is a mis- print, but it is not. HSR (Historic Sportscar Racing) put on...
The phone rang, it was my old friend Carlos de Quesada. “I’ve just bought a 935 to restore,” he told...
In the mid-70s, Porsche developed the 935 model, a race car homologated on the 930 road car and aimed at...
Restored Porsche 935/76 Group 5 Car In this video, he had the lucky chance to record both external and internal...
This edition of Quentin Spurring’s fabulous series covers the 1970s in his well-known and valuable decade-by-decade history of the Le...
In the mid-1970s, Porsche developed the 911 for racing, and in the process, it created the all-conquering 935. In 1978,...
Rolf Sprenger was a versatile engineer whose Porsche career was founded almost entirely on customer service. “If I want a...
By the time the Dick Barbour Racing team arrived in Portland for the Rose Cup IMSA race in August of...
The Porsche 935 was the Stuttgart manufacturer’s answer to the FIA’s Group 5 class regulations, making it eligible for the...
It may have taken place just over a week ago, but the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion 2019 was another top-drawer...
There seem to be a number of books entering the market right now on Porsche’s motor racing history. This is...
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...
One of the Netherlands’ most successful racers, Toine Hezemans is part of a motorsport dynasty that began with his father...
It has been one year short of four decades since this 1980 Porsche 935 K3 was fabricated by Kremer Racing...
In Part 1, Stories from Le Mans – with a Porsche flavour, our intrepid scribbler who hails from that beautiful...
Porsche has been represented at the Le Mans 24 Hours every year since 1951, in both an official factory capacity...
As we wave goodbye to 2018 and usher in a brand-new year, we look back on the top ten favourites...
Lot #196, the 1985 Porsche 959 Paris-Dakar, outstripped its pre-sale estimate at RM Sotheby’s Porsche 70th Anniversary Auction at the...
It’s hard to know where to begin when writing a report on Porsche Rennsport Reunion VI. It was both an...
Porsche’s sixth edition of the by now much-anticipated Rennsport Reunion kicked off on Wednesday 26 September 2018. You could have...
Brian Redman is about as down-to-earth as they come, which for a top-flite racing driver, is not an attribute common...
In motor racing, the performance margin that separates the winners from the losers is often so small that it is...
A great many of Derek Bell’s racing achievements were achieved while behind the wheel of a Porsche racing car and...
In the early to mid-1970’s I had been working part time (race weekends) as an IMSA tech inspector at some...
Much has been written about Porsche’s racing exploits over the years, but there is perhaps one model that has served,...
Group 5 rules offered manufacturers a great deal of freedom to modify their cars in the Silhouette class. At Porsche,...
Dick Barbour went to Le Mans as an entrant for the first time in 1978. He entered two Porsche 935s...
The 1972 season broke, ushering in with it a new era of racing. The Porsche 917 had reigned supreme for...
Thursday’s qualifying at Daytona was a tense affair, with the top spot being snatched in the prototype and GTLM classes...
Ernst Fuhrmann’s requirement to develop a significantly updated GT race car in 1977, would present a number of challenges for...
The ANDIAL 935-L ‘Moby Dick’ race car was a one-off creation that raced between 1982-1985. Without any help from the...
The Flying Tigers strike again! Being the best on the planet in something, even for just a short while, has...
Without any doubt, one of the most exciting classes or motor racing during the 1970s was the GT class, which...
