With Porsche returning to full-time endurance racing and the 24 hours of Le Mans next year for the first time since as a manufacture since 1998 as an LMP1 team. This post is the top six Porsche Le Mans Race Cars.
Starting with number six of the top six is:
Number 6: 1979 Porsche 935 K3
Story: The Porsche 935 K3 took Porsche to it's fifth victories at Le Mans in 1979. Porsche 935 uses the Porsche 3 litre twin turbo flat-6 engine that produces 750 bhp. In 1979 Klaus Ludwig, Don Whittington and Bill Whittington took victory in that years 24 hours race.
Number 5: 1998 Porsche 911 GT1-98
Story: Porsche 911 GT1-98 took Porsche to it's sixteenth and the final victories at Le Mans in 1998. Porsche 911 GT1-98 uses the Porsche 3.2L twin turbo Flat-6 engine that produces 536 bhp. In 1998 Laurent Aïello, Allan McNish and Stéphane Ortelli took victory in that years 24 hours race to conclude with a Porsche one-two.
Number 4: 1986-87 Porsche 962C
Story: Designed by Norbert Singer, the Porsche 962C was the evolution of the Porsche 956 and took Porsche to it's eleventh and twelfth victories at Le Mans in 1986 and 1987. Porsche 962C uses the Porsche 2.6 litre twin turbo flat-6 engine that and ground effects underneath to give the 962 producing 780 bhp. In 1986 Hans-Joachim Stuck, Derek Bell and Al Holbert took race win to make a Porsche one-two-three-four-five-six-seven-nine-ten finish(first, second and tenth place was using the Porsche 962C, while all the other different race cars). And then again in 1977, Hans-Joachim Stuck, Derek Bell and Al Holbert took another race win to make a Porsche one-two-four in that years 24 hours race.
Number 3: 1976-77 Porsche 936
Story: The Porsche 936 took Porsche to it's third, forth and sixth victories at Le Mans in 1976, 1977 and 1981. Porsche 956 uses the Porsche 2.1 litre twin turbo flat-6 engine that produces 540 bhp. In 1976 Jacky Ickx and Gijs van Lennep took victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. And then again in 1977, Porsche drivers Jürgen Barth, Hurley Haywood and Jacky Ickx took victory in that years 24 hours race. And finally in 1981, Porsche drivers Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell took victory in that years 24 hours race.
Number 2: 1970-71 Porsche 917K
Story: This was the first Porsche race car that dominated at Le Mans and took two of Porsche's 16 wins at Le Mans. Designed by Norbert Singer, the Porsche 917K used the Porsche 4.9 litre Flat-12 engine to create 600 bhp back in the early 1970s. Which took Hans Herrmann and Richard Attwood to the 1970 Le Mans race win to make a Porsche one-two-three finish(second place was using the Porsche 917L, while third was using a Porsche 908/2L). Then in 1971, Dr. Helmut Marko and Gijs van Lennep took victory in their Porsche 917K to finish off a Porsche one-two in the 24 hour race.
Number 1: 1982-85 Porsche 956
Story: Designed by Norbert Singer, the Porsche 956 took Porsche to it's seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth victories at Le Mans in 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985. Porsche 956 uses the Porsche 2.6 litre twin turbo flat-6 engine that produces 620 bhp. In 1982 Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell took victory to give Porsche a one-two-three finish. In 1983, Porsche drivers Vern Schuppan, Hurley Haywood and Al Holbert took victory in that years 24 hours race. Also in that race, nine Porsche 956's finished inside the top ten after 24 hours as-well(1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th-6th-7th-8th-10th place). In 1984, Henri Pescarolo and Klaus Ludwig took victory in that years 24 hours race. Also in that race, eight Porsche 956's finished inside the top ten after 24 hours as-well(1st-2nd-3rd-4th-5th-6th-7th-9th place). Finally in 1985, Klaus Ludwig, Paolo Barilla and "John Winter" took victory to give the Porsche 956 the most dominated race car in the Group C era, and possibly the most dominated race car ever at Le Mans.
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