Porsche 917 - 40 jaar - tribute
- Mark Nauta
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Porsche 917 - 40 jaar - tribute
Eén van de gaafste en meest succesvolste raceauto's aller tijden is afgelopen week 40 jaar geworden. Daarom een mooi stukje van Porsche over deze wagen('s). Dat wil ik jullie niet onthouden. En al helemaal een aantal foto's van deze legendarische Porsche niet!!
"Greatest racing car in history" celebrates its birthday
Stuttgart. Forty years ago on March 13, 1969 at the Geneva International Motor Show, today's Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche unveiled a car that, even by today's standards, is underestimated when it is described as the "super sports car": The Porsche 917. It became a legend as one of the fastest and most successful racing cars of all time.
Porsche fired the starting shot for Project 917 in June 1968, after the international motor sports authority or FIA had announced a class of "homologated sports cars" with up to five liters cubic capacity and a minimum weight of 800 kilograms. Under the supervision of Ferdinand Piëch, the stipulated 25 units of the new racing car model were completed by April 1969 so that the 917 could begin its racing career in the same year. After it initially dropped out of its first three races due to technical problems, the 917 success story began in August 1969 at a 1,000-kilometer race at the Österreichring with a victory by Jo Siffert and Kurt Ahrens.
The engine configuration of the 917 was just as unusual as its different car body versions: Behind the driver's seat extended an air-cooled, twelve-cylinder engine with horizontal cylinders, whose crankshaft designated it as a 180-degree V engine. The 520 HP engine had an initial cubic capacity of 4.5 liters. The tubular frame was made of aluminum, the car body out of glass fiber reinforced synthetics. Porsche engineers developed different car body models to best meet the different demands of different racetracks. The so-called short-tail model was designed for heavily twisting roads in which a high contact pressure was necessary for fast cornering. The long-tail model was designed for fast racetracks and a high final velocity. Then came the open 917 Spyders, which were used in the CanAm and Interseries races.
At the end of the 1970 race season, Porsche confirmed its superiority with the 917 and 908/03 models, winning the Racing Series World Championship [Markenweltmeisterschaft] in nine out of ten possible victories. This series of victories began in Daytona and continued in Brands Hatch, Monza, Spa, on the Nürburgring racetrack, at the Targa Florio, in Le Mans, Watkins Glen and the Österreichring. However, the season's high point was the long-desired overall win of the Le Mans 24-hour endurance race, a trophy that Hans Herrmann and Richard Attwood brought home to Zuffenhausen on June 14, 1970. Their 917 short-tail model painted in the Porsche Salzburg colors of red and white with the start number 23 not only successfully defied its competitors but also the heavy rainfall.
As in the previous year, the 1971 season was dominated by the 917 model so that the Racing Series World Championship [Markenweltmeisterschaft] went to Porsche again with eight out of ten race victories. And once again, a Porsche 917 was victorious at the Le Mans 24-Hour race – this time with Gijs van Lennep and Dr. Helmut Marko, who set a world record with an average speed of 222 km/h and 5,335 kilometers driven, a record that still stands today. One special feature of their 917 short-tail model, visually characterized by its "shark fin", was the tubular frame made of magnesium. A 917 long-tail coupe model set a further record in 1971: On the Mulsanne straight stretch, which is part of the route in the Le Mans 24-Hour race, the sports car with the start number 21 recorded the highest speed of 387 kilometers per hour. Another Le Mans racecar achieved major recognition: The Porsche 917/20 was a mix between the short-tail and the long-tail models and was notable for its broad proportions. Although the pink colored racecar, nicknamed "the Pig", dropped out halfway through the race, its unusual paint color made it one of the most famous Porsche models ever.
When the European FIA regulation for the "five-liter sports car" expired at the end of the 1971 season, Porsche decided to enter the Canadian American Challenge Cup (CanAm). In June 1972, the private Penske race team in motor sports used the turbo-charged Porsche 917/10 Spyder for the first time. With a performance of up to 1,000 HP, the Porsche Spyder dominated the race series and won for Porsche the CanAM championship with victories in Road Atlanta, Mid Ohio, Elkhart Lake, Laguna Seca and Riverside. In the following year, the 1,200 HP 917/30 Spyder had its racing premiere. The superiority of the monster car driven by Mark Donohue was so obvious that the regulations of the CanAM series had to be changed in the end in order to exclude the 917/30 from competing further in the 1974 season. Typical for Porsche: The technologies for increasing performance developed for these races were successfully transferred to the on-road sports car. That's how the 911 Turbo, with its side-exhaust turbocharger, began its career in 1974 and has been, since this time, a synonym for the performance capacity of the Porsche sports car.
To date, the reputation of the 917 is legendary. Therefore, 50 international motor sports experts from the famous British trade magazine "Motor Sport" nominated the 917 as the "greatest racing car in history". All in all, Porsche built 65 units of the 917: 44 sports cars as short-tail and long-tail coupés, two PA Spyders as well as 19 sports cars as CanAm and Interseries Spyders with up to 1,400 HP turbo engines. Seven of the most important 917 models – among them the Le Mans victory cars from 1970 and 1971 and the 917/30 Spyder – are currently on exhibit in the new Porsche Museum in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen.
"Greatest racing car in history" celebrates its birthday
Stuttgart. Forty years ago on March 13, 1969 at the Geneva International Motor Show, today's Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche unveiled a car that, even by today's standards, is underestimated when it is described as the "super sports car": The Porsche 917. It became a legend as one of the fastest and most successful racing cars of all time.
Porsche fired the starting shot for Project 917 in June 1968, after the international motor sports authority or FIA had announced a class of "homologated sports cars" with up to five liters cubic capacity and a minimum weight of 800 kilograms. Under the supervision of Ferdinand Piëch, the stipulated 25 units of the new racing car model were completed by April 1969 so that the 917 could begin its racing career in the same year. After it initially dropped out of its first three races due to technical problems, the 917 success story began in August 1969 at a 1,000-kilometer race at the Österreichring with a victory by Jo Siffert and Kurt Ahrens.
The engine configuration of the 917 was just as unusual as its different car body versions: Behind the driver's seat extended an air-cooled, twelve-cylinder engine with horizontal cylinders, whose crankshaft designated it as a 180-degree V engine. The 520 HP engine had an initial cubic capacity of 4.5 liters. The tubular frame was made of aluminum, the car body out of glass fiber reinforced synthetics. Porsche engineers developed different car body models to best meet the different demands of different racetracks. The so-called short-tail model was designed for heavily twisting roads in which a high contact pressure was necessary for fast cornering. The long-tail model was designed for fast racetracks and a high final velocity. Then came the open 917 Spyders, which were used in the CanAm and Interseries races.
At the end of the 1970 race season, Porsche confirmed its superiority with the 917 and 908/03 models, winning the Racing Series World Championship [Markenweltmeisterschaft] in nine out of ten possible victories. This series of victories began in Daytona and continued in Brands Hatch, Monza, Spa, on the Nürburgring racetrack, at the Targa Florio, in Le Mans, Watkins Glen and the Österreichring. However, the season's high point was the long-desired overall win of the Le Mans 24-hour endurance race, a trophy that Hans Herrmann and Richard Attwood brought home to Zuffenhausen on June 14, 1970. Their 917 short-tail model painted in the Porsche Salzburg colors of red and white with the start number 23 not only successfully defied its competitors but also the heavy rainfall.
As in the previous year, the 1971 season was dominated by the 917 model so that the Racing Series World Championship [Markenweltmeisterschaft] went to Porsche again with eight out of ten race victories. And once again, a Porsche 917 was victorious at the Le Mans 24-Hour race – this time with Gijs van Lennep and Dr. Helmut Marko, who set a world record with an average speed of 222 km/h and 5,335 kilometers driven, a record that still stands today. One special feature of their 917 short-tail model, visually characterized by its "shark fin", was the tubular frame made of magnesium. A 917 long-tail coupe model set a further record in 1971: On the Mulsanne straight stretch, which is part of the route in the Le Mans 24-Hour race, the sports car with the start number 21 recorded the highest speed of 387 kilometers per hour. Another Le Mans racecar achieved major recognition: The Porsche 917/20 was a mix between the short-tail and the long-tail models and was notable for its broad proportions. Although the pink colored racecar, nicknamed "the Pig", dropped out halfway through the race, its unusual paint color made it one of the most famous Porsche models ever.
When the European FIA regulation for the "five-liter sports car" expired at the end of the 1971 season, Porsche decided to enter the Canadian American Challenge Cup (CanAm). In June 1972, the private Penske race team in motor sports used the turbo-charged Porsche 917/10 Spyder for the first time. With a performance of up to 1,000 HP, the Porsche Spyder dominated the race series and won for Porsche the CanAM championship with victories in Road Atlanta, Mid Ohio, Elkhart Lake, Laguna Seca and Riverside. In the following year, the 1,200 HP 917/30 Spyder had its racing premiere. The superiority of the monster car driven by Mark Donohue was so obvious that the regulations of the CanAM series had to be changed in the end in order to exclude the 917/30 from competing further in the 1974 season. Typical for Porsche: The technologies for increasing performance developed for these races were successfully transferred to the on-road sports car. That's how the 911 Turbo, with its side-exhaust turbocharger, began its career in 1974 and has been, since this time, a synonym for the performance capacity of the Porsche sports car.
To date, the reputation of the 917 is legendary. Therefore, 50 international motor sports experts from the famous British trade magazine "Motor Sport" nominated the 917 as the "greatest racing car in history". All in all, Porsche built 65 units of the 917: 44 sports cars as short-tail and long-tail coupés, two PA Spyders as well as 19 sports cars as CanAm and Interseries Spyders with up to 1,400 HP turbo engines. Seven of the most important 917 models – among them the Le Mans victory cars from 1970 and 1971 and the 917/30 Spyder – are currently on exhibit in the new Porsche Museum in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen.
- Mark Nauta
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- Mark Nauta
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- Lid geworden op: 26 aug 2006, 18:19
- Auto: 996 Carrera '02 | E36 M3 '94
- Locatie: Zevenbergen
- Mark Nauta
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- GTRene
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- Mathieu
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Re: Porsche 917 - 40 jaar - tribute
Heb ik live aan het werk gezien en gehoord.
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Re: Porsche 917 - 40 jaar - tribute
Dit is idd een gave Porsche!
Werd de wagen niet ontwikkeld door Dauer/Sauber, zoals Lola (of was het Dallara) de Audi R8 ontwikkelde.

Werd de wagen niet ontwikkeld door Dauer/Sauber, zoals Lola (of was het Dallara) de Audi R8 ontwikkelde.
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BRAVO MARK!
Dit is DE Porsche, ben er gek op, heb hier een 917Kurzheck Gulf uit 1970 dacht ik in 1:18 one of my favourites. Skitterend hoe de 917 van Mark DoN(auta)hue(...) al 0-320kmh in 12 sec ofzo spurtte in 1973 of 1974....
Dit is DE Porsche, ben er gek op, heb hier een 917Kurzheck Gulf uit 1970 dacht ik in 1:18 one of my favourites. Skitterend hoe de 917 van Mark DoN(auta)hue(...) al 0-320kmh in 12 sec ofzo spurtte in 1973 of 1974....
- Snipe
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Eens, in het "Porsche of Ferrari"-topic heb ik al die platgeslagen Kevers afgebrand, maar dit maakt eigenlijk alles goed. Wat een superding.Robin schreef:BRAVO MARK!
Dit is DE Porsche, ben er gek op, heb hier een 917Kurzheck Gulf uit 1970 dacht ik in 1:18 one of my favourites. Skitterend hoe de 917 van Mark DoN(auta)hue(...) al 0-320kmh in 12 sec ofzo spurtte in 1973 of 1974....
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Re: Porsche 917 - 40 jaar - tribute
Naast foto's natuurlijk ook beelden 
Prachtige tribute-film. Normaal hou ik niet altijd van muziek onder dit soort filmpje, maar de muziek die hier onder zit is echt enorm sfeerverhogend!!
Wat een helden trouwens, de heren die destijds aan het stuur zaten!!!

Prachtige tribute-film. Normaal hou ik niet altijd van muziek onder dit soort filmpje, maar de muziek die hier onder zit is echt enorm sfeerverhogend!!
Wat een helden trouwens, de heren die destijds aan het stuur zaten!!!
Laatst gewijzigd door Mark Nauta op 10 mar 2009, 17:05, 1 keer totaal gewijzigd.
- Hendrik Kinderman
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Re: Porsche 917 - 40 jaar - tribute
'k heb nog een stuk uit autovisie liggen, gisteravond toevallig nog gelezen, gaat over de 917/10 van Willi Kauhsen (was testcoureur bij Porsche volgens mij), ik zal et binnenkort even uploaden 

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Re: Porsche 917 - 40 jaar - tribute
Gijs van Lennep bijvoorbeeld, heeft ook nog met m'n ex S3 gereden op Lelystad. Ik had toen de snelste tijd op de slalom en Gijs was 'instructeur'.
In die maffe klote A6 quattro station met z'n 3en(GvL, Andre en ik) een parcoursje af:Drama wat een kutwegligging:Dat vond Gijs zelf ook. Lekker geluncht met Frans Bauer die daar met z'n A8 was toen(jaar of 8/9 terug) en zei tegen ons dat ie beter kon zingen dan autorijden....




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Re: Porsche 917 - 40 jaar - tribute
Voor diegenen geinteresseerd in de techniek etc. achter de 917, Gunnar Racing zet geregeld updates op Youtube van hun restauratie project. Zeker de moeite!!!
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http://www.youtube.com/user/teamgunnar" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Porsche 917 - 40 jaar - tribute
Gefeliciteerd met het jubileum Mark !



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OnlineTi-Tourist (Erik)
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- Mark Nauta
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Kijk!! Dat willen we zien Erik.
Wat een heerlijke sound, en wat gaat dat ding rap zeg!!!
Wat een heerlijke sound, en wat gaat dat ding rap zeg!!!
- GTRene
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Re: Porsche 917 - 40 jaar - tribute
zag ik nu ook steve Mc Queen? ook een paar keer voorbij komen in het eerste filmpje van Mark?
- Mark Nauta
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Re: Porsche 917 - 40 jaar - tribute
Jep. Hij was groot liefhebber en volgens mij ook eigenaar van een 917.GTRene schreef:zag ik nu ook steve Mc Queen? ook een paar keer voorbij komen in het eerste filmpje van Mark?
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- Joop
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Re: Porsche 917 - 40 jaar - tribute
nooit genoeg filmpjes en foto's van de 917...
...very Nice
...very Nice

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Tering wat VET!!
Tering wat VET!!

- Individual
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Re: Porsche 917 - 40 jaar - tribute
Een van de weinige racewagens die wat los maakt in mij. Helaas heb ik er slechts eenmaal eentje in het echt gezien. Dat was in harrods in london. Binnekort maar eens naar het nieuwe porsche museum.
Peter morgan heeft ooit een boek gemaakt over deze machine. Mag eigenlijk niet ontbreken in de boekenkast van de 917 liefhebber.

Peter morgan heeft ooit een boek gemaakt over deze machine. Mag eigenlijk niet ontbreken in de boekenkast van de 917 liefhebber.
- Niels
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- Mark Nauta
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Ik ga er zelf volgende maand naartoe. Ben erg benieuwd. Zal dan ook zeker foto's schieten van de 917Individual schreef:Binnekort maar eens naar het nieuwe porsche museum.

- Kevin20v
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Re: Porsche 917 - 40 jaar - tribute
Geweldige Porsche






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