Porsche 936 at Le Mans 

...smoked the competition in 1970... not 71. 1970 was the first win for Porsche

@@therealsharps The Martini 917K (chassis 917-053) entrant No. 22 driven by Marko and Lennep did smoke the competition in 1971, and covered a distance record that stood for nearly 40 years. It was not until 2010 that the Audi R15 TDI plus (chassis 204) entrant No.9 beat this record by only a single lap. Nobody said that a Martini 917K smoked the competition in 1970, it is well known that the Porsche Konstruktionen-Salzburg 917K (chassis- 917-023) entrant No. 23 driven by Herman and Attwood brought Porsches first overall win in 1970, and the nearest Martini Porsche was the famous 'Hippy' art-car 917L in 2nd place.

Isn't it great being awesome... when you hear about this that or whatever... and it's kinda funny...cause in most cases you were there... and some experts try and wing there way thru it

I could be wrong but it sounds live an overlay audio, probably not live audio

Absolutely. I was going to pontificate about not parking your Carrera on the Hunaudieres. :)

Supposedly the only way to survive and bring her home in one piece :)

hahahahaha)))))))

Their massive balls lower the car's center of gravity allowing it to go faster ... --- but seriously, it's impressive these guys. The old sports cars were more like wild beasts. The skill involved is awe inspiring.

The cars were SO light, and not much protection for the driver if something went wrong........

Eric Larson not to mention not much in the way of down-force, until the 962 came around that is ...

Yep

+Timinator62 Well stopped, this is a spyder, not a coupé, there not a 917. Plus, don't think a 917 ran in these Martinis colours

Martini Racing, D Porsche 936/77, that came First with Jürgen Barth,D Hurley Haywood, USA Jacky Ickx,B DNS (res) Eberhard Braun, D. The reserve driver Eberhard Braun did not drive during the race.

+Timinator62 LIER! the car its a vw fusca 1200 four-turbo

There were 917 Spyders in CanAm, though this is not one of them

Timinator62 I agree. this car is a 5-speed. 917s were all 4 speeds.

You are quite right! This is spider 936, not coupe 917!

You're correct. The only 917 spyders were the 917-10 or 917-30 that were CanAm cars. They never competed at Le Sarthe.

July 2020. It's still not a 917.

@@epistte.....Can you imagine Donohue in Penske's 917-30 "Panzerwagen" at Le Sarth? It held the closed-course speed record of 222 mph for years.

936!!!!!

Rodney Hayes .. I noticed that too. He also doesn't touch a single curb. It's a different style of driving.

The car has to last for 24h...

Really nice to see a cool headed response to this. Top speed claims are invariably overstated. The ACO speedtrap figures (the only ones I trust) show this car doing 353 km/h (218.8 mph) in 1979 and then 356 km/h (220.7) in 1981. The ultimate refinement of the 936 was in 1983 when one was clocked at 371 km/h (230 mph), the fastest of any that year but I think one or both of these later variants had closed cockpits. You might know more about it than me. This is the 1983 car: www.lemans-history.com/imagens//1983/24h83_15_porsche.jpg That was the Joest version. The Kremer version, called the CK5 looked like this: www.lemans-history.com/imagens//1983/1983-22g.jpg Both were 936 chassis and neither had ground effect.

joke? lol

Pedro, while a great driver, was long gone when this video was made.

He was my Hero.

You need to read about this. The chicanes were installed because of driver association pressure to do so. There have been fewer serious crashes since.

No it didn't. These are the offical ACO speed trap readings for every year from 1960 to 1990: www.mulsannescorner.com/maxspeed.html

and to think , this was more than 40 years ago !

What I read was: "1971. In the pre-test, Derek Bell revs his 917 LH engine to 8100 rpm on the highest gear on the Hunaudieres straight. Back in the pits, engineer Norbert Singer calculates the corresponding speed must have been 246 mph/396 km/h. and "The 1971 Porsche 917 LH is almost synonymous with the exceptional Vic Elford and his race at Le Mans. Elford returns to race with Gérard Larrousse in the same car. After intensive wind tunnel testing resulting in the development of covered rear wheels, the right-hand kink at the end of the Mulsanne straight can now be taken at a full speed of 380 km/h." To me its unbelievable anyway :).

Es una maquina magnifica pero no conseguian pilotos por ser muy inestable a fondo .el piloto es imprecionsnte y la maquina el valor de andar asi

Christopher Porteus Just around 330kph would be my guess. Can be wrong.

In the video he says he's going 340kph which is 211mph.

The 917lh4.9 was going 238mph on the mulsane strait in the early 70's...

The 917 LH n°21 set the speed record in 1971 at 246 mph . Only beaten in 1988 by the Peugeot WM P88 at 253 mph .

@@vitakyo982 The 917 never did more than 362 km/h (224.4 mph) at Le Mans. Here are the official speed trap figures from 1960 to 1990: www.mulsannescorner.com/maxspeed.html

936.