The 908/03 used the know-how from the super lightweight 909 Bergspyder. The 3-litre 908/03 was just 4″/10 cm longer than...
1968 Porsche 908 LH (long-tail) The number 64 Porsche 908, driven by Hans Herrmann and Gérard Larrousse, won the prototype...
Porsche 908/2 was campaigned as a factory entry in the 1969 24 Hours of Daytona, before being sold to Steve McQueen’s Solar Productions as a rebodied Spyder. McQueen famously raced the car himself at Riverside, Phoenix and Sebring, in 1970, coming tantalizingly close to winning the 12-Hour Florida classic. For...
The FIA sports prototypes were some of the most exciting purpose-built racing cars ever designed. They competed under the regulations...
Englishman Vic Elford, along with teammate Frenchman Gérard Larrousse, on their famous win of the 1971 ADAC Nürburgring 1000 km...
Jim Hall, driving a Lister-Chevrolet, wins the sports car feature race at Hondo, Texas (1959). 1 • Dan Gurney, driving a Climax-powered Lotus 18, wins the USAC Road Racing Championship Formula Libre event at Hilltop Raceway in Bossier City, Louisiana (1962). 4 • Greg Weld, sprint and Indy car racer...
Porsche, throughout its racing career, has created some of the most iconic machines of all time: the RSK, 904, 906,...
When I was young, growing up in Spain was very difficult for lovers of motor racing. The Spanish were then...
As a result of my 1967 win in the Kyalami Nine Hours, in South Africa with Jacky Ickx in the JW Automotive Mirage M1, John Wyer signed us to continue our partnership the following year. Wyer’s 1968 entries were Ford GT40s, splendidly liveried in what became the most iconic team...
Eddie Rickenbacker Rick Mears 1 Roberto Lippi drives a Stanguellini to victory in the Formula Junior race at Vallelunga, Italy...
Brian Redman – Daring Drivers, Deadly Tracks By Brian Redman with Jim Mullen It’s always good to see a new...
Hermann Lang Vittorio Jano 1 The first Ford GT40 is completed, 11 months after pencil was first put to paper (1964). 3 Peter Bryant, designer of the Ti22, Shadow MkII and Shadow MkIII Can-Am cars, born in London, England (1937). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
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Tim Mayer Photo: autopics.com.au A.J. Foyt Photo: Jim Hatfield 2 Hermann Lang drives a Mercedes-Benz to victory in the Grand...
August 2009 Porsche: Excellence Was Expected By Karl Ludvigsen As highlighted throughout this issue, the importance of Porsche to the past 70 years of automotive and motor sport history is significant. From the company’s founding in 1930, to the first 356 Gmünd coupes, to Le Mans victory in 1970, and...
British racing veteran Anthony Gordon (Tony) Dean passed away on January 17, 2008, after a long illness. He was 75....
The Nürburgring 1000 km Race; May 31, 1970. Airborne! A Dechent-team Porsche 908/2 driven by Rudi Lins and Willy Kauhsen...
1970 Porsche 908/3 The author puts the 908/3 through its paces on Pierre Bardinon’s private Mas Du Clos circuit in central France.Photo: Peter Collins In the early 1980s, Andrea de Cesaris was taking journalists around Silverstone in a turbocharged Group C Lancia, asking if you wanted a “medium or fast”...
The year was 1970 and these were the Targa Florio/Nürburgring 908/3’s. These cars were very squat and square, except for...
