In 1977, Porsche’s “improvised” Type 936/77 took on the full-court press of four Renaults at Le Mans. Retirements and technical...
Walter Hayes Paddy Hopkirk 1 Count Eliot Zborowski is killed in an accident during La Turbie Hillclimb at Nice, France...
Jacky Ickx reset the lap record for the Circuit de la Sarthe multiple times during his virtuoso night stints in the Martini-sponsored factory Porsche 936 at Le Mans in 1977. Ickx was joined by Jürgen Barth and Hurley Haywood in securing victory for Porsche in that year’s 24-hour classic. The...