Porsche’s screaming V8 wasn’t Labeled “Porsche Indy” without reason. A win at Indy was the real eventual goal of the effort. But this type of racing on this type of track was a huge leap for the company in the three years they contended the race there. Doing photographic coverage of the race those years, I too was well outside my comfort zone, …
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The Last Turn – Porsche at Indy
The 1970s and 1980s were not completely kind to our friends from Weissach. In spite of their racing successes, deep in both number and variety of competitions, Porsche had reasons to be somewhat jaded about their American experiences. Having finally convincingly vanquished the seemingly unbeatable McLarens in Can-Am racing they had seen their 917 …
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If you have an extra $600,000, a penchant for super fast, yet defunct Indy racers, and a pulse, you could add this Porsche Indy car to your collection. And why wouldn't you want to? There were only a couple of these built, and this one was recently part of the prestigious Matt Drendel collection. The car was a no-sale lot at the Gooding & Co. …
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