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"Joest Racing, Hagenuk" Porsche TWR WSC-95 Michele Alboreto / Stefan Johansson / Tom Kristensen 1997 Le Mans
"The Porsche WSC-95 (sometimes referred to as the TWR WSC-95) was a Le Mans Prototype originally built by Tom Walkinshaw Racing. It was modified by Porsche from the original
group C Jaguar XJR-14 from which it derived,[1] and run by Joest Racing. Originally intended to race in the IMSA World Sportscar Championship, the WSC-95 actually saw very
little race action even though it managed to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans in both 1996 and 1997 without actually being acknowledged as a factory supported project."
Martini Racing Porsche 936/80 (Turbo 2.1) #9 Jacky Ickx/Reinhold Jöest
1981 Kremer Porsche 935 K4 IMSA GTP Lowenbrau #14
One of two built
Driven by Bob Wollek, John Fitzpatrick, David Hobbs, Al Holbert, Derek Bell, and Preston Henn
Current FIA Historic Technical Passport
Specifications:
Engine:
700hp @7500rpm
536 ft/lbs @ 6100rpm
3,162 cc twin-twin turbo flat six with an aluminum block and head, dry sump lubrication, dual ignition, Kugelfisher fuel injection, Carillo connecting rods, Mahle forged
pistons.
Transaxle: Porsche G30 four-speed synchromesh, with spool differential
Weight: 2,229 lbs, with a 39% front / 61% rear split.
Top speed: 220 mph when fitted with the Le Mans gearing.
#36 Herman Miller Porsche 924 Carrera GTR Trans-Am
#0 Interscope Porsche 935/79, winner of the 1979 24 Hours of Daytona.
#61 1972 "Viper Green" Kremer Porsche ST
"Won five of nine races in the inaugural, 1972 European Grand Touring Championship. Modified by Erwin Kremer with wider rims, roll bars, a 2.5-liter engine, and flared
fenders, the four-wheel drive car took first at Hockenheim, Germany and Estoril, Portugal, as well as at the Nurburgring, the world’s longest racetrack, and one of the toughest."
#90 White Lightning Racing 2004 24 Hour Le Mans Jörg Bergmeister / Patrick Long /Sascha Maassen
#67 2012 911 GT3 Andial Cup. GT1 class. "Built by Porsche Motorsport North America in early 2015. PMNA will only build 5 ANDIAL Edition Cup cars, and this is the second one. The ANDIAL Edition engine has been converted to 4.0 liters from the stock 3.8 and puts out 515hp. The remainder of the upgrades on this package are customer-specified, and this one has Bosch ABS, the KMP paddle shift system and an RSR gearbox. The Miller High Life livery is a commemorative livery honoring the last ANDIAL-powered Porsche to win the Daytona 24 Hours race overall in 1989, which was a 962 driven by Derek Bell, Bob Wollek, and John Andretti."
When I see these often vintage race cars, I sometimes wish I had been able to see them run when I was in Europe in '71 and '72 with the army. I did participate in our local sports car club's rally's. But in reality, with the great understaffing of our army units, due to so much being devoted to Vietnam, even getting a weekend off was nearly impossible. Or years later in the late '70's and the '80's. I was the physician for Heartland Park racing back in the early '90's, (IMSA had their own traveling physicians), so did get lots of photography time when that track ran everything from vintage to NASCAR.
My son and I have driven down to the Rolex for about 15 years now, and we always get there when they run the Vintage cars around for a few laps just to show what it must have been like when the great cars and their talented drivers ran them hard in past years. Like this:
When I see these often vintage race cars, I sometimes wish I had been able to see them run when I was in Europe in '71 and '72 with the army. I did participate in our local sports car club's rally's. But in reality, with the great understaffing of our army units, due to so much being devoted to Vietnam, even getting a weekend off was nearly impossible. Or years later in the late '70's and the '80's. I was the physician for Heartland Park racing back in the early '90's, (IMSA had their own traveling physicians), so did get lots of photography time when that track ran everything from vintage to NASCAR.
My son and I have driven down to the Rolex for about 15 years now, and we always get there when they run the Vintage cars around for a few laps just to show what it must have been like when the great cars and their talented drivers ran them hard in past years. Like this:
NAMVET,
Thank you for sharing and for your service!!! The 1970s must have been an interesting time with the war and what went on in the motorsports world.
10-14-2015, 02:29 AM
