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Porsche’s Indycar Is As Awesome Today As It Was 28 Years Ago

10/12/20209:02 estFiled to: Porsche Motorsports, Porsche Race CarsBy: Tommy ParryComment

We all wonder what it would've been like to drive those frightening, simplistic, unrestrained monsters from the golden era of motorsport, but not often to we get to see rare gems like the March-Porsche 90P driven with a first-person view. Cockpit-mounted cameras were in short supply back then, so when an in-cockpit clip of Patrick Long testing …

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The Last Turn – A Permanent Scar

6/10/20169:05 estFiled to: Porsche PhotographyBy: Leonard TurnerComment

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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Porsche’s Project 2708 At Indy

5/19/201411:11 estFiled to: Porsche MotorsportsBy: Bradley BrownellComment

After a public and politically charged exit from the 1980 Indianapolis 500, Porsche's upper management vowed to stay out of the American open wheel racing scene for the foreseeable future.  There was bad blood flowing between Porsche’s German upper management and that of the USAC sanctioning body after USAC changed the rules to limit Porsche’s 1980 …

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Politics Prevent Porsche’s Participation At 1980 Indy 500

5/11/20141:48 estFiled to: Porsche MotorsportsBy: Bradley Brownell6 Comments

In mid-1979, a committee at Porsche decided that the company would front an assault on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway the following May.  As Porsche already has a proven reliable and powerful engine in their 935 endurance racing flat-six, only slight modifications would be necessary for eligibility at Indianapolis.  Starting their program with an …

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The First Porsche at Indianapolis

5/4/20143:01 estFiled to: Porsche MotorsportsBy: Bradley Brownell10 Comments

Porsche has a long history with racing, but by 1966, they still had not ventured into the oldest motoring event in the United States, the Indianapolis 500, and would not for another 14 years.  One of the most grandiose spectacles of all time, the Indy 500 has been held at the “yard of bricks” since 1911.  By the mid-1960s, most of the privateer …

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