Porsche 917 - Le Mans

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01-17-2007, 09:19 PM

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I've seen that video a number of times, never gets old I wouldn't be surpised if he's nearing 400, but it took the Mclaren 5 or 6 km of Ehra Lessien to hit that.

I once heard Donohue's record stood at some 270 mph, I looked it up a year or so ago and it was actually closer, if not 240 mph indeed in an 1100hp 917-30, the SUNOCO one you often see at concours events.

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01-18-2007, 05:02 PM

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I once heard Donohue's record stood at some 270 mph, I looked it up a year or so ago and it was actually closer, if not 240 mph indeed in an 1100hp 917-30, the SUNOCO one you often see at concours events.

Donohue's record stood at 221 mph, set in a 917-30 painted in a special red/polished paint job for Sunoco's then-new CAM 2 oil. Tragically, the record was set only ten days before Donohue lost his life in Austria.

The blue/yellow paint job you refer to was the scheme in which the car was raced in Can-Am.

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01-19-2007, 01:24 PM

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Sorry , but that is not a 917, it is the in car video of a 956 driven by derek bell

Let's not forget his partner, Jacky Ickx.

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01-19-2007, 10:56 PM

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And before they put the chicanes on the Mulsanne straight too!!! Gotta go to that race someday...

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01-26-2007, 08:37 PM

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Regarding the BIG *****, throw in these speeds at night!!!!!!!!

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01-28-2007, 01:28 AM

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I have the 956-In Car on DVD and the LeMans track along with the Nordschleife circuit are indeed intense to watch! It is a shame that the chicanes are defacing the Mulsanne straight, but I can imagine the safety issues regarding todays prototype cars and their speeds if the chicanes were not in place.

Definitely not enough 917 videos around!! Or old Can-Am footage either!

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02-21-2007, 02:38 PM

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Agree with Cabrio i was thinking "How's that for a never-ending back straight" ..... Actually this video depresses me, makes me want to buy an old Mini Cooper or take the bus. My 155mph seems like a waste of time

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07-23-2007, 03:15 PM

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Gotta change my underwear after that... wow.. Just amazing.

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07-31-2007, 11:35 AM

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and all these people talk about Nascar like it's soooooo great. most nascar fans have never seen this stuff. JMO[/QUOTE]
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and you're from NC ?????????????

blasphemy !

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