Few racing drivers of Derek Bell's stature and success have been so unanimously liked. Typically, the top dogs have a deep-seated ruthlessness which leaves them divisive in the public eye, but not Bell. In this documentary on his efforts at the 1982 24 Hours of Le Mans, Bell and his peers explain why this affable Brit hasn't shied from the …
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This Is What It’s Like To Drive A Le Mans Prototype In Los Angeles Traffic
"You don't lock the doors when you're driving, you don't even really close them all the way," is not something I've ever heard in a review before, but such is life in a Koenig C62. Not much about this car is like anything you've seen on a normal road car before. Unlike Groups 5 and 6 which were replaced quite rapidly by Group C in the early 1980s, …
Continue to the full articleAn Australian Racing Ace Reunites with a Special Porsche 962
Though not well known to American racing fans, Tomas Mezera is a celebrated name in Australian motorsports who's raced most major styles of car over his long and storied career. After starting in Formula Fords, he quickly moved into touring cars, V8 Supercars, and even took a stab at sportscars/prototypes. Perhaps the two greatest accolades in his …
Continue to the full articleEnjoy: Canepa Puts Coke-Liveried IMSA 962 up for Sale
Devotees of IMSA GTP: get your checkbooks open. Bruce Canepa has recently announced the sale of a classic 962—one which helped pave the way for the model in mid-eighties American road racing. As the second 962 sold to privateers, 962-102 brings plenty of history along with it. Formerly raced by Bob Akin and Hans Stuck Jr., in their hands this …
Continue to the full articleJay Leno Drives A Unique Schuppan 962CR For The First Time
"It's a 962 that you can put a license plate on," says owner Matthew Ivanhoe of his Schuppan, which was ostensibly created as a homologation special for a Le Mans effort that never transpired. We saw this car at Luftgekühlt 5 earlier this year, and the car certainly gathered a crowd. The car, at that time and as I recall it, had an odometer reading …
Continue to the full articleChris Harris Meets Norbert Singer and Tests a Le Mans-Winning 962
Decked out in the iconic Rothman's livery, possessing 650 horsepower, and capable of 240 miles an hour, this gleaming Porsche 962 should give Chris Harris plenty of reason to grin. However, between sampling this Le Mans winner and talking to the man who helped create it, it's not certain which Harris enjoys more. The affable, unassuming man sitting …
Continue to the full articlePorsche 962 Wastegate Nirvana at Laguna Seca
Skylar Robinson, son of famous American racer Chip Robinson, puts on a show in a raucous Porsche 962 making a peculiar series of noises. The 2.8-liter, twin-turbo six in the middle of his IMSA GTP racer squeaks and roars, and when the full 750 horsepower arrives in one big lump, it fires the car down Laguna Seca's straighter sections at a …
Continue to the full articleAn Indycar Driver’s Take on the Porsche 962
Though Dominic Dobson spent the majority of his professional career driving Indycars, he was one of the few Americans to race a Porsche 962 at Le Mans, through the narrow hairpins of San Antonio, and around the outrageous kinks at Road America. It was a car that reveled in high-speed situations, and its incredible cornering forces could impress …
Continue to the full articleThis BF Goodrich 962-Styled Go-Kart is Worth a Look
Getting your hands on a bonafide IMSA-spec 962 will cost a pretty penny, but for those of us not able to come up with the cash required, there's something which might evoke some of the same emotion the iconic sportscar could for a relative bargain. Well, perhaps that's an overstatement. However, this kart, which mimics one of the more …
Continue to the full article30 Years Later, a 962C Can Still Blow The Mind of Even The Most Accomplished Driver
British Touring Car Champion Andrew Jordan has driven many, many fast cars. However, after a few laps in a 1989 962C that gave Porsche its final victory in the World Sports Car Championship (before the 919 did it again last year) Jordan said the 962 has, "taken the trophy of the fastest car I've ever driven." With 770 hp pushing only 2116 lbs …
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