Porsche Motorsport Classics GulfPorsche 917K


Porsche Motorsport Classics GulfPorsche 917K

The Porsche 917 is a sports prototype race car developed by German manufacturer Porsche to exploit the regulations regarding the construction of 5-litre sports cars.


A Gulfliveried Porsche 917K is going up for bids on RM Sotheby’s

More like this: Great Gulf: is this the ultimate Porsche 917? Porsche 917 at 50: restoring chassis 001. Published: 29 April 2019 Porsche 917: preparing to blow out 50 candles in 2019. The finished.


Porsche Motorsport Classics GulfPorsche 917K

1 / 10 Pray silence please, for the Gulf-liveried Porsche 917K that David Hobbs and Mike Hailwood raced at the 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans is heading up for auction. The estimate? Somewhere.


Porsche Motorsport Classics GulfPorsche 917K

The stunning race car that helped Porsche win Le Mans and dominate endurance racing. February 2, 2023. From securing Porsche its debut Le Mans win to speed records and North American victories, this is the story of the 917. One that conquered the world, made history and has been an inspiration for Porsche motorsport ever since - including.


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The Gulf Porsche 917. It feels like a fable from racing's long ago past. But it was real. Honest it was. This Gulf Oil-sanctioned mini-documentary follows the 1970 World Endurance Championship. Long distance races, that went from Sebring to Brands Hatch to Monza to the Targa Floria to Spa to Nurburgring to Le Mans to Watkins Glen, for the Can.


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Gulf-backed 917s (No19 of Attwood & Mueller in foreground) kept the aluminum chassis DPPI This option was not offered to the Gulf-backed sister squad - officially a works team but feeling increasingly 'privateer' - but likely it would have refused it. For team manager John 'Death Ray' Wyer was in the business of winning rather than innovation.


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So the Porsche 917 won the 24 Hour of Le Mans twice (contrary to the film Le Mans and popular perception, neither of which was a JWA Gulf car) as well as 9 out of 10 World Sportscar Championship endurance races held in 1970 and 8 out of 11 races in 1971 (two races of which there were no factory-supported 917 entries).


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Gulf 1967-1975 (2) - The Porsche 917 years Exactly 50 years ago, one of the most well-known stars in the history of the 24 Hours of Le Mans came on the scene: the Gulf Oil Company's sky blue and orange livery.


PORSCHE 917 The King of Kings Motoring History

After a race-long battle with the lead Gulf car, the Salzburg car of Hans Hermann and Richard Attwood drove through the pouring rain to hand Porsche its first victory at Le Mans. In 1971, the 917 went on to dominate the World Championship. But it had strong competition from Mark Donohue, driving a Roger Penske developed Ferrari 512 with wings.


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A Porsche 917K which starred in Steve McQueen's film 'Le Mans' (1971) was valued at more than $16 million in a 2021 auction. That historic first Le Mans victory was taken on 14 June 1970 by Richard Attwood and Hans Herrmann. Jump forward to today and, like some surreal dream, the sprightly octogenarian Attwood is watching me climb into.


1969 Gulf Porsche 917 Photos, History, Profile

Developed by the famed Gulf-sponsored British JW Automotive team, it won the 1971 Spa 1000km (run on the old, ultra-fast, ultra-terrifying Spa road circuit) in the hands of Jackie Oliver and.


Got to see and shoot a legend on track this weekend! 1969 Porsche 917 in Gulf livery Autos

No. 3: 917 "long-tail" with Martini livery. The number 3 in the ranking also dates back to 1971: the Porsche 917 "long-tail" with Martini livery. One year earlier this racing car - at that time still bearing a psychedelic green and purple stripe pattern - retired due to engine failure. Unfortunately, it was unable to cover the full.


Porsche 917K racer in Gulf livery to star at RM Sotheby’s Monterey sale

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Great Gulf is this the ultimate Porsche 917? CAR Magazine

This Le Mans-winning Porsche 917 was a one-hit wonder During a recent visit to the Porsche museum's secret storage facility, our photographer Rèmi Dargegen was offered the chance to shoot the 1971 Le Mans-winning 917K, a car that hasn't been fired up since it crossed the finish line at La Sarthe. This is its remarkable story. Alex Easthope


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Wyer's Gulf Oil-liveried 917Ks are the most famous,. A 917K won the following year as well, despite Porsche developing the car into the 917/20, affectionally known as "the pink pig."


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24 HOURS CENTENARY - PERPETUAL INNOVATION ⎮ The Porsche 917 indelibly marked the history of Sport Prototypes between 1969 and 1971, revolutionising the endurance discipline while embroiled in an all-out battle between Porsche and the very team entrusted to run the car.

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