This weekend at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England, Porsche took the wraps off of its new LMDh race car, set to race on both sides of the Atlantic this year in IMSA's GTP category as well as the FIA WEC's Hypercar class. Paying homage to the all-conquering 962 of the 1980s and 1990s, the new car has visual cues from that old series of …
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Here’s everything we know about Porsche’s new prototype race car
Here we are again, it's been a little over a decade since the announcement of Porsche's 919 Hybrid LMP1 program which won Le Mans three times and six FIA World Championship titles. That massive project ended on a high note almost five years ago now, so it's time for a new top-tier international prototype. This time, however, Porsche's new …
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 articleVideo: 1982 Fabcar Porsche 935 JLP-4 – The Wildest 935 Ever?
Back in the early 1980s, the GTP-style prototypes were still in their infancy, and the JLP Racing team - John Pauls, Sr. & Jr. - wanted to build a new version of Porsche's 935 that could "win any race it entered" with no expense spared. Hiring the workshops and aerodynamics masters at Fabcar to build their new machine, the JLP-4 was the result. …
Continue to the full articleA Close Look At The History Of The Hotchkis Racing Porsche 962
Being completely candid with you, this video was forwarded to us by a PR firm. That's not to say that the video isn't worth watching, because it is. Or, that the history of the car isn't fascinating, it is. It's just that the purpose of the video is to bring attention to the car as it is on offer to be sold. If you're in the market for a 962, then …
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