Porsche 917 Can Am

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May 31, 2021
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1972 Can Am from Mosport CanadaPorsche 91710K Mark DonohueSCCA Sports Car RacingMcLaren M20 Denny Hulme Peter Revson. Essentially a standard chassis with open bodywork wider wheels an extra fuel.

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Porsche was represented in Can-Am for a number of years by privateers who race 908s or decapitated 917s until a purpose built Group 7 version of the 917 made its debut in 1971.

Porsche 917 can am. Au début des années 70 les McLaren propulsées par les gros V8. The 91710s purpose was to promote the new Porsche. The first Porsche 917 to race in the Can-Am series in the USA was the red STP-sponsored 45-litre 917 PA driven by Jo Siffert as early as 1969.

The next year the 91730 was roughly two seconds per a lap faster than an upgraded well-driven 91710. Petit retour en arrière. Spyder refers to the now-open cockpit won six Can-Am races and.

Der Rekord hat noch Bestand da die NASCAR-Tourenwagen mit V8-Saugmotoren dort maximal 344 kmh Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit erzielen konnten. The Porsche 91710 was a common sight in 1973 in Can-Am and the European Interserie – which is great news for potential slot car releases. Die erreichte Spitzengeschwindigkeit betrug 4136 kmh.

The first Can-Am 917 was the PA which debuted late in the 1969 season. This was a naturally-aspirated car and as can be expected it struggled against the much more powerful cars and teams who were well established. In 1973 Porsche won all the Can-Am races and 6 out of 8 with the 91730.

19711972 Porsche 91710 After Porsche had won Le Mans twice with the iconic 917 Kurzheck the engineers at Weissach converted it into a Group 7 contender that had over 1000 bhp by 1973. Tête à tête avec la 917-30 Can-Am en version Sunoco. Dubbed the 91710 it was technically similar to the coupe 917 but featured a number of lighter components constructed from the latest exotic materials.

The predecessor of the Turbo Panzer the 91710 had breezed to the championship in 1972 so convincingly that the once all-conquering McLaren Cars team quit Can-Am with its tail between its legs. In this video youll see some very brutal classic Porsches driving on Zandvoort during the Historic Grand Prix 2016These Porsches are from the Porsche Museu. As a result the LM PorscheAudi 91710 of George Follmer and Penske won the 1972 Can-Am Championship ahead of the typically dominant McLaren team.

In October 1973 the oil crisis started resulting in fuel prices going up four times in half a year. The 91730 was the most powerful racing sports car ever created and so unbeatable it is known for having its share in killing the Canadian-American Challenge Cups popularity. The 1973 Porsche 91730 Can-Am Spyder is considered by many racing historians to be the most powerful race car to have every turned a wheel on asphalt.

Can-Am were forced to act and the restrictions they introduced for 1974 – together with the fall-out from the fuel crisis – killed off the series after just four races. Dans la catégorie des ultra-brutes de lasphalte la Porsche 91730 Can-Am est ce qui se fait de mieux. Der Porsche 91730 mit Mark Donohue am Steuer erzielte einen neuen Rundenrekord mit einer Durchschnitts-Geschwindigkeit von 375918 kmh.

Yet just over 12 months after its first appearance at Spa in 1969 Porsche won the first of its 16 Le Mans 24-Hour races with the 917 and four years on in 1973 the 917s ultimate incarnation the twin-turbo 91730 utterly dominated Can-Am racing in North America. In 1972 the approximately 1000-hp 91710 TC Spyder TC stands for turbocharged. The twin-turbo 12 cylinder powerplant was tuned to pump out over 1580hp in qualifying mode during the 1973 season of the Can-Am Challenge the teams usually decreased turbo boost and raced it at around 1100hp which still gave.

Although the Porsche 91710 dominated and won the 1972 Can-Am season Porsche continued its development and for 1973 constructed the most powerful racing car ever the 91730. Exclusive to Team Penske the 91730 was bigger in every aspect compared to the 1972 racer. Avec sa cylindrée de 54 litres sont moteur 12 cylindres double turbocompresseur et sa puissance hallucinante de 1 100 CV à 7 800 trmn pour un couple maxi de 100 mkg la Porsche 917-30 Can-Am est sans doutes la Porsche sur laquelle on pourrait sortir le plus de gros chiffres.

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