A tribute to the most worderfull race car: the Porsche 917. Thanks to Antti for the inspiration... The music comes from Immediate music - Liberty Shield.
Perfect Video. THX. My all-time-favorite race car. The Beauty to look at and the Beast to drive with or against. I grew up with this car without even knowing what it was able to do on track. Must have been 1971, when I, being 8 and my brother being 7, got 2 remote-controlled wire-connected 917s. Later we had one as a slot car. Like the Le Mans movie. Man, where is the time machine to get me back into such races as a 917-driver I want it - now !!!
Congratulations, my friend, after so many years I still have not found on RU-vid a video of any genre that reaches this height of drama. Epic and romantic
I saw most if not all the 917s together at The Rennsport Reunion III in November 2007. I was awestruck by the sight and sounds of the 917s. This particular event was celebrating the 956/962 series, but without a doubt the 917s were the undisputed stars of the event.My best freind Joe was never a Porsche fan until that weekend. He was blown away by the engineering of all the Porsche racers especially the 917s. Quote of the day, "Holy shit Porsche builds beautiful racecars" Thanks for the video.
At 0,48 - great control (Rodriguez ?) at 0.56 - good bye GT40 on Daytona bankings at 1,25 - a family disagreement at Eau Rouge Excellent job dedicated to one of the finest and fastest racing sport cars ever. Thx.for sharing.
I grew up around these machines(Vasek Polak Hermosa Bch) I was trained by German maechanics as after school and only 7 i would just clean parts.as i got older i did more complicated task but only under supervision. Funny but i was certified from VOA in 1970 for Vw parts man and mechanic from the school in Santa Monica.I took a ride in a 917 and let me tell you.You had a monster behind you and it was not slowing down. These drivers and i have met a few are the best there ever was..
Ah yes,the steamroller from Zeufenhausen! I like the longhandler as well. Incredible acceleration for an N/A engine. I remember watchin the real race at LeMans in '70...wow,I wish I coulda drove that thing.
undoubtly the greatest most awesome competition car EVER built, I have loved sportscar racing for over 40 yrs and this is still the benchmark car for all others to be measured against.There has never been a car built since that comes anywhere near it - if God has a car it would be a 917.
You'd have to be a fool not to consider this one of the greatest race cars ever built. It transformed the world of racing and set higher standards for all.
everything about this car makes me sooo want to see it in real life, racing at full speed. was to le mans in the 90s, but to see this just makes me want to be 30 years older :-)
thanks for the clarification, actually i got the figures wrong for the turbo version: The 917/30 was the most powerful sports car racer ever built and raced. The 5.374-litre 12 cylinder twin-turbocharged engine could produce 1,580 hp. The 917/30 could go from 0-62 mph in 1.9 seconds! 0-100 mph in 3.9 seconds! with a top speed of more than 260 mph! Monster!
Standing beside a whole row of them in the Porsche Museum is something I will never forget, incredible car and Porsche is still making incredible cars perfection. The speed these thing ran 40 years ago were just breathtaking.
Just returned from the Historics at Laguna Seca. Seemed like everywhere I turned, 917's, 908's 910's.. amazing chills - memories from Lemans to being there at Monterey in the very early 70's watching the Can Am series where Porsche debuted the 917-10 with Follmer and Haywood (if my memory serves me right) then with the 917-30 driven by the late Mark Donohue. After just 1 lap, cars coming through turn 8, there were the Porsches as if in there own race. Killed the Can Am series - what a shame.
I have 21 years and I am Spanish, as a child went under my car home to over 200 km / h down the memory of my grandfather and listening to the sounds of these cars was something that stuck in my mind by still life of the 917 tego sound hovering over my head and the perfect curve of 330P4 through my nose, not to mention letting MKIV wheels on the road ... enfin the 917 mark my childhood and my life
Great video of the most legendary racecar ever. The 917's just blew the competition out of the water when it came. Imagine watching these cars race in the early 70's. Oh and that guy @2:00 is Ferry himself :)
@Bag0fRats From Wikipedia: "...the turbocharged version Porsche 917/30 developed over 1,100 bhp (820 kW), and as much as 1,580 bhp (1,180 kW) in qualifying tune."
The 917/30 was purely a Can-Am car of the Roger Penske Racing organization. It never ran at LeMans. Back then the sports car magazines stated that it had 1,300 hp on full boost. The 917/10s ran in European races for privateers. The regular 917s were called Kurtz and Langheck. I hope I spelled that right. I never read anything, and I read all about them, ever being called Kurtzheck. Back in the '80s I had to go to Brumos Porsche to get my ratty 922 appraised for insurance. Brian Redman, the mana
to jeanmouldi - definately! I guess they were Siffert and Rodriguez involved in a family fight inside the Gulf/Wyer team.They were the top drivers in the team. Tragically both of them perished a short time later.By the way,an identical insane attempt was carried on by Bellof on Ickx exactly at the same section of the track.This time with a deadly endling.
the baddest of the bad - the ultimate dominator. 0 - 125mph in 5 seconds (think about it - in the 70s). Mark Donohue said it was the only car he ever drove where he could spin the rear tires at 200mph. Twin Turbo flat twelve = 1,100 hp!
extraordinaire le mythe 917 et ses top pilotes elford larrousse stommelen rodriguez seppi siffert oliver magique et la musique ....top une autre avec le son de la bete serait top MERCI MERCI
That should have read 912. The rest was the manager did the appraisal. I told him of walking 1.3 miles to the bus line and taking the bus downtown to buy Autoweek to read about his and other driver's exploits in the 917. He didn't charge me for the appraisal and asked me what value I wanted placed on it.
@macmacma In 1969, the #12 and #14 Porsches were certainly 917's... At that point, there was not yet a distinction between the Kurzheck and the Longheck, so there's not really a point in calling it anything other than a Porsche 917. #12 was driven by Richard Attwood and Vic Elford. #14 was driven by Rolf Stommelen and Kurt Ahrens...
@loverboy0008 is wrong, totaly wrong! In another video, I have stressed the many differences between the 69' 917LH and the 908 coupe. Yes, they are similar but not the same, really.
Except every version in the video were normally aspirated European FIA versions. K's, LH's, etc. Porsche only came to Can-Am after the 917 was obsoleted in Europe by FIA. Which is a shame. It is an excellent tribute video, excellent choice in music. S/F....Ken M
@Jonsaiyan22 I believe the cars with that sort of power were the later versions of the car. I think they were 917/30s, the open top versions. They had twin turbos. Whipping out around 250mph on the mulsanne. I could be wrong, and, due to the nature of people on youtube, i'm pretty sure that someone will correct me in an abusive manner if i am.
Well not quite. the 16 Cylinder was tested for Can Am, but the results werent as good as they hoped. They decided to use the 5.0 912.10 type motor, and twin turbo it. in 72 Penske created the 917/30 Can AM car,having now a 5.4 litre twin turbo motor which could be boosted as high as 1500 hp in qualifiying trim and 1100 in race trim. when the gas crunch came they saw it as an opportunity to ban that car by making fuel consumption limits. the 917/30 went to talladega and made the record run.
