Back in the early 1960s, Porsche was still a tiny sports car manufacturer punching way above its weight in international racing. With an astonishingly small 1.5-liter flat eight motor stuffed into a bespoke chassis just barely large enough to contain the lanky Dan Gurney, the 804 was a beast from day one. While it's difficult to call it a serious …
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Top 5 Air-Cooled Porsche Models with Patrick Long
There are very few Porsche Top 5s the 917 can't win. Top 5 iconic motorsport models? For many people, that's 917, though Derek Bell understandably disagreed. Top 5 wildest Porsches ever used on the road? That's also a fight between the 917 and 962, but my nod still goes to the 917 thanks to Count Rossi and Joachim Grossman's bonkers road cars. Top …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Bespoke Grand Prix Car: The 804
After the recent announcement of Dan Gurney's death, we thought it only fitting to remember Dan and the car that took him through 1962. For the 1961 season, Porsche was content with using a modified Fuhrmann four-cam engine for their Grand Prix efforts, never really expecting to win, but knowing that it was important to just be on the …
Continue to the full articleLegendary Racer Dan Gurney Remembered as First Porsche F1 Winner
Dan Gurney is among the most storied names in motorsports history. Though his racing career with Porsche was brief, the mark Gurney left on racing is lasting. During his career as a driver Gurney achieved wins in Formula 1, NASCAR, IndyCar and international sports car racing. Indeed, the group of drivers to achieve victories in all four of these …
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