centerpunch

UPDATE: There is a lot of good information on the specs and history of these special factory race cars
throughout this thread, but for those of you with short attention spans, 364 days after this was posted,
we finally had located all nine of the 1987 U.S. Turbo Cup race cars.


See this post for a list of all nine cars
https://rennlist.com/forums/924-931-...ml#post3515897

Here's a list of the unique features on these cars on post #45
https://rennlist.com/forums/924-931-...ml#post2541679

And I recently (2010) added several great photos of my all-original never raced Turbo Cup car here
https://rennlist.com/forums/924-931-...ml#post7484098

Here's some pics after I added period-correct graphics in 2011
https://rennlist.com/forums/924-931-...ml#post8344999
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And now, back to the original post...........

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Looking for all nine 1987 U.S. Turbo Cup factory race cars

I have one of the nine, and thought Rennlist would be the place to try to track down the owners of all nine 1987 Turbo Cup cars brought in for the SCCA "Escort" Showroom stock series.

Below is some information data from an old list I have in my files. This info is probably from before 1990. This is from a hand-written sheet that someone gave me a couple years after I purchased my car in 1987. It is not an official document, it looks like someone had researched these cars by possibly talking with someone at Porsche Motorsports North America (which at the time, was run by Holbert in Pennsylvania). I also have a 1991 letter from the Porsche factory stating that 9 cars were sold through Holbert.

ANY RENNLISTERS HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF WHERE THESE CARS ARE TODAY?

165101 PMNA to Sewickley Porsche Audi (dealership), sold to Powell Motorsports (Corvette race team) early 1987 - from Powell to GM for testing?

165102 PMNA to Bob Bogan (motorsports International) Raced 1987 Escort series, all races except Mid-Ohio, Sold to John Lowe 4/88.

165103 PMNA to Freddie Baker (racer and dealer, I think), Purchased by (illegible, something like "Augie Barve" or "Algrill Earle") '87, purchased by Rich Moskalik 4/88

165104 PMNA to Rick Hurst Racing - Ran -87 Escort series, possibly wrecked in '87, current status not known

165105 PMNA to Carlson Porsche - photo's in Automotion catalog, written up in Excellence Magazine Feb -88 issue

165106 and 165107 NOT distributed through PMNA, PMNA believes they went to Canada direct

165108 PMNA to Sewickley Porsche Audi- sold to Burt Pharris 11/87

165109 PMNA to Paul Allen of Cincinnati Microwave, Escort radar detector company. (THIS IS MY CAR.)

165110 PMNA to BFGoodrich - Tire testing

165111 PMNA to Charlie Spira - Los Angeles, private owner, Wrightwood Racing?
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Scootin159

There's one (or two?) at the Taj Maj Garage. I'm not sure if they're US or Canadian though, but would be a worth giving it a quick check.

Z-man

Paul,
I know that a family that's involved in Club Racing and DE in the Northeast that have at least two 951 cup cars, possibly three. But I'm pretty sure they have the cup cars that raced in the Canadian cup series, not the US / SCCA escort series. If you wish to pursue it further, let me know - I can send them an email to verify this information.

Give a call to Will DiGiovanni at Precision Motorsports in Califon, NJ. 908-832-6572. He owns an original Firestone Firehawk 944S2, and I've seen some 968 Firehawks in his shop as well. It wouldn't surprise me if he's wrenched on a cup car or two that you seek. If not, he may be able to give you some leads.

Good luck in your pursuit!
-Zoltan.

PS: Can't believe you owned a 904 GTS. Very cool.

xsboost90

this one is at the tajmagaraj. Very nice only somewhat restored.

Mighty Shilling

oooo... look at how not pitted the fog lights are!!!

PEvans

Paul,

Carlson Porsche is probably Carlsen Porsche in Redwood City, CA
3636 Haven Avenue
Redwood City, CA 94603
(650) 701-9200 (might be the parts & service number)

Robby

Just curious... What was their HP/TQ? Weight?

How many special series 951's were there? What about S2's & 968's? I've read about the Rothmans, maybe...? Did these have roll cages like the Cups? I also know there was a 968CS in Europe- was there ever such thing as a 951CS? In the USA? Any other special 951's made? Also, there was a 951 Cup car in some parts of the world... France maybe? That was completely street- I've always wanted one of the badges, actually...

There's guy on this list who has one of the original Al Holbert ones- Is this a dif series too, or, is it one of the Cup cars you're looking for? Actually, I think it's one that Al raced himself... I've seen threads where the guy I'm talking about has chimed in about it... he seems to be very interested in it's history, etc... might find him on the 951 board... Might try a search b/c I've seen him around a few times on 944 boards... Use the search function w/"Al Holbert" maybe...?


good luck...

beeg