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
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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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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