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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A land record from 1910 described the ground between Weissach and Flacht as remarkably mountainous and rocky, not very fertile...
Sit in the 944 Turbo that Porsche used to develop its dual-clutch gearbox and the oddest thing in the cabin...
FISA published the definitive version of the Group C rulebook in October 1981. The first season opened a few months...
Few cars better define their era than Porsche’s family of 956 and 962 sports-prototypes. Throughout the 1980s, these cars formed...
The team at The Intercooler presents a detailed technical examination of the Porsche 956 and its successor, the Porsche 962—two machines...
The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion is proud to announce that the 2026 edition of the event, Salute to Japanese Motorsports...
Words by: Glen Smale Images by: Corporate Archives Porsche AG The Porsche 956, and its later sibling the 962, became...
Few race cars are as universally acclaimed as the Porsche 956. The car is a brilliantly engineered aesthetic wonder, born...
Porsche’s 956 was a revolutionary force in endurance racing. Introduced in the early 1980s to compete in the new Group...
Derek Bell initially made a name for himself, racing in open-wheeled cars including Formula 2 and Formula 1. However, it...
After 40 years, the most successful Porsche race car – the Porsche 956 – ever was reunited with its drivers...
There are many legendary Porsche racing cars that command respect for their legacy, their series of wins in a season,...
Porsche 956-110 (1983) A rare bird, even by 956 standards, this is one of just four chassis built for the...
Porsche 956-110 (1983) One of just two privateer 956’s to beat the Works Rothmans 956, 956-110 is a super original,...
Porsche 956-008 Works (1983) A Rothmans factory 956 newly built for the 1983 Le Mans. Driven by the stellar German...
Porsche 956B-115 (1984) Mechanically the same as 956/114 it was bought and run by Porsche Kremer. It’s big claim to...
Porsche 956-106 (1984) The Canon-liveried 1984 Brands Hatch 1,000 km winner. Sold to Walter Brun in 1985 & won the...
Porsche 956-009 Works (1984) Sometimes, a car’s history is so good that it is never lost track of. Such a...
Porsche 956-001 Works (1982) Built as the first Rothmans Team Car, it ran for the first time at Weissach on...
Raw Porsche 956 Group C Noise Porsche’s Group C titan, the 956, runs flat-out up the Hill at the Goodwood...
The legendary Porsche 956 In the 1980s the 956 with its aluminum monocoque chassis, ground effect, and air-cooled 2.6 liter...
1984 Le Mans Porsche 956 For the 1984 World Sportscar Championship, Richard Lloyd (GTi Engineering) teamed up with Pink Floyd...
Jacky Ickx drives the Porsche 936 & 956 at Fuji Speedway For more than 30 years, Jacky Ickx raced over...
Porsche 956 In action at Monza Circuit! The 956 in this video is chassis 956-101 which is a very important...
Porsche 919 EVO vs 956 – EXPLAINED Performance + OnBoard Full Lap For 35 years and 31 days Bellof’s 6:11.13...
In-Car Porsche 956 with Derek Bell at Nurburgring 1000kms If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to lap ‘old’ Nurburgring...
1983 Porsche 956 – Awesome Acceleration & Sound I saw this Porsche 965 group C car in action on track...
On 15 June 1969, Jacky Ickx crossed the finish line in the 37th Le Mans 24 Hours a matter of...
Tribute to Stefan Bellof Nürburgring Video On May 28th 1983, a 25 year old German Racing driver named Stefan Bellof...
In the winter of 1981, Porsche began work on the Typ 956. In the first stage, several 1/12 scale models...
With the dawning of the 1982 season, the introduction of the Group C era ushered in a new breed of...
I met the author, Serge Vanbockryck, a good number of years back at the Le Mans 24 Hours, and since...
It is a well-known fact that the Porsche 956 & 962 derivatives were together the most successful sports prototypes that...
There seem to be a number of books entering the market right now on Porsche’s motor racing history. This is...
In the early 1980’s there was a divergence in the rules for sports car racing world-wide. IMSA (International Motor Sports...
When you were last with Richard Wiley, we were hurtling around a damp La Sarthe in 1988 with Stuck in...
In Part 1, Stories from Le Mans – with a Porsche flavour, our intrepid scribbler who hails from that beautiful...
In 1982, Porsche introduced the Type 956, the race car manufacturer’s entrant in the newly created Group C racing series...
The decline of Group 6 and the growth of Group C saw the emergence of what is today widely regarded...
Porsche – It’s My World: what is this book all about? Well, for starters, you won’t learn anything about Porsche’s...
The 1983 Group C World Endurance Championship was arguably one of the most exciting and competitive racing seasons in years....
A great many of Derek Bell’s racing achievements were achieved while behind the wheel of a Porsche racing car and...
Just before the Nürburgring 24-hour race will be green flagged on May 12, Porsche will present a dream team at...
Original video footage (45min) of the Porsche Rennsport Reunion III at the Daytona International Speedway, held in November 2007. The...
In a 34-year career at Porsche, the influence of Peter Falk – Porsche’s enduring engineer, can be found throughout the...
In 1984 Porsche offered a full works-specification car known as the 956B. This provided the New-Man Joest Racing team with a winning formula and they dominated the 1985 24 Hours of Le Mans with a resounding victory. One of the main differences between the customer 956 and the 956B was the Bosch Motronic engine management. This allowed more precise ignition and injection which in turn provided better economy and more power.
The Porsche 956 was a Group C sports-prototype racing car designed by Norbert Singer and built by Porsche in 1982 for the FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was later upgraded to the 956B in 1984. In 1983, driven by Stefan Bellof, this car established a record that would stand for 35 years, lapping the famed 20.832 km (12.93 mi) Nürburgring Nordschleife in 6:11.13 during qualifying for the 1000 km Sports Car race.
