Porsche 996 GT3 R / RS / RSR

[Marcel ten Caat]

With the 997 coming into service it seems right to give this car a thread of its own.

All the numbers below were found either on entry lists, details given by race officials, teams or other websites. ALMS 2006 is not included yet.

996 GT3-R
Z?S692063 2005: ZIP Racing
ZYS692078 2005: Olivier Baron
ZYS692102 2005: ARC 2006: ARC
ZYS692105 2005: Sebah Automotive
ZYS692106 2005: Vonka Racing 2006: Vonka Racing
ZYS692118 2005: Nicolas de Gastines
ZYS692127 2005: Graham Nash
ZYS692207 2005: Ian Khan

996 GT3-RS
Z2S692063 2005: J3 Racing
Z?S692064 2005: J3 Racing
Z1S692065 2005: Autorlando Sport
Z3S692067 2005: Ebimotors
Z2S692068 2006: Team Taisan Advan
Z?S692069 2005: AB Motorsport
Z1S692073 2005: Proton Competition 2006: Team Felbermayr-Proton
Z2S692073 2005: Renstal de Bokkenrijders
Z3S692073 2005: Renauer Motorsport 2006: Renauer Motorsport
Z3S692077 2005: PSI Motorsport
Z2S692078 2005: Bernard Jubin
ZYS692079 2005: Gruppe M Racing
Z1S692080 2005: Wolters Porsche Racing 2006: Wolters Porsche Racing
Z1S692081 2005: T2M Motorsport 2006: T2M Motorsport
Z2S692085 2005: Luc Alphand Aventures
Z1S692087 2005: Team Gaikokuya
Z2S692087 2005: JP Racing
Z1S692094 2005: 910 Racing [I]2006: Team Takamizawa
Z1S962097 2006: Proto Works
Z2S692105 2005: James Watt Automotive 2006: James Watt Automotive
Z1S692110 2005: Machanek Racing

996 GT3-RSR
Z4S693061 2005: Lammertink Racing 2006: Renauer Motorsport
Z5S693061 2005: Autorlando Sport 2006: Autorlando Sport
Z4S693062 2005: Flying Lizard 2006: Seikel Motorsport
Z4S693063 2005: Flying Lizard
Z4S693064 2005: J3 Racing
Z4S693065 2005: BAM! 2006: Ebimotors
Z4S693066 2005: Petersen-White Lightning 2006: Petersen-White Lightning
Z4S693067 2005: Embassy Racing 2006: Autorlando Sport
Z5S693067 2005: Sebah Automotive 2006: Farnbacher Racing
Z4S693069 2005: Tech 9 Motorsport 2006: James Watt Automotive
Z5S693069 2005: Ice Pol Racing Team 2006: Ice Pol Racing Team
Z5S693070 2005: Raymond Narac 2006: Petersen-White Lightning
Z4S693071 2005: Teramoto
Z4S693072 2005: Gruppe M Racing
Z4S693073 2005: Machanek Racing
Z?S693074 2005: TRG
Z4S693074 2005: Gruppe M Racing
Z4S693078 2006: Ebimotors
Z4S693079 2006: Team Kawamura
Z4S693080 2005: Seikel Motorsport 2006: Farnbacher Racing
Z4S693081 2006: Noel del Bello
Z4S693082 2005: IN2 Racing 2006: Race Alliance
Z4S693083 2005: Alex Job Racing
Z4S693084 2005: Alex Job Racing
Z3S693085 2005: Gruppe M Racing 2006: Team Felbermayr-Proton
Z4S693085 2006: Sebah Automotive
Z4S693087 2006: Perspective Automobiles
Z4S693088 2005: Autorlando Sport 2006: IMSA Performance Matmut
Z2S692095 2005: Tech 9 Motorsport

[Marcel ten Caat]

Additional chassis numbers:

996 GT3 RS
Z1S69210 2005: Löhr Racing 2006: Löhr Racing

996 GT3 RSR
Z4S693066B 2006: Petersen-White Lightning

[Marcel ten Caat]

According to Sebah they used the 996 GT3 RSR ZYS692105 in 2005.

[Dauer 962]

Originally Posted by Stranger

According to Sebah they used the 996 GT3 RSR ZYS692105 in 2005.

This is the chassis number of Sebah´s old girl, the GT3-R, not the RSR they entered for Lars Erik Nielsen.

[Marcel ten Caat]

This is where I got so far... 2003 - 2006

http://home.planet.nl/~caat0026/porschechassisnrs.pdf

[Marcel ten Caat]

Small correction, it's from 2002.

[panoz.lmp1]

Originally Posted by Stranger

According to Sebah they used the 996 GT3 RSR ZYS692105 in 2005.

The 2nd digit show the year of build. 996 RSR only habe 4 or 5 in the number.

[panoz.lmp1]

Looking for the following numbers:

2001 ELMS Jarama
#22 Alex Job
#66 Harlow Motorsport

2001 ALMS Sears Point
#67 Racers Group

[Marcel ten Caat]

Originally Posted by panoz.lmp1

The 2nd digit show the year of build. 996 RSR only habe 4 or 5 in the number.

With the exception of 1 car Z2S692063 is also an RSR.

I have updated my list, with loads of Porsches from RacingSportsCars.com and some information by ALMS teams.

[panoz.lmp1]

Originally Posted by Stranger

With the exception of 1 car Z2S692063 is also an RSR.

I have updated my list, with loads of Porsches from RacingSportsCars.com and some information by ALMS teams.

a 2002 build Porsche 996 GT3-RSR .....

For Z2S692063 i´ve the following record:

2002-2003 #79 ALMS J3-Racing Porsche 996 GT3-RS
2004-2006 #78 ALMS J3-Racing Porsche 996 GT3-RS

[Marcel ten Caat]

Not a 2002 build RSR.
It was a 2002 build RS, converted to RSR and re-homologated under the same number by Porsche in 2004.

[panoz.lmp1]

Originally Posted by Stranger

Not a 2002 build RSR.
It was a 2002 build RS, converted to RSR and re-homologated under the same number by Porsche in 2004.

Do you have a copy of the Porsche paper? Every Porsche car ha a check list like do you have for your road car with all the informations and repairs by Porsche.

Because this way is absolut unusual for Porsche.

[Marcel ten Caat]

No, but is an e-mail from the team confirming this happened enough for you?

[panoz.lmp1]

Originally Posted by Stranger

No, but is an e-mail from the team confirming this happened enough for you?

No Not in a special case like this. I´ll try to get some informations from a second source.

[panoz.lmp1]

I remember something: The #79 J3 Porsche is an 2004 RSR with a 2004 RSR chassis number. But the car crashed at Sebring on Wednesday.
J3 takes an Alex Job Racing RS chassis and put the RSR bodywork on it for the race. After Sebring the RSR was completly rebuild with a 2004 RSR B number.

[Dauer 962]

Z4S693065 2005: BAM! 2006: Ebimotors

Ebimotors used the Z5S693065 in FIA GT 06, not the BAM! Chassis.

[Marcel ten Caat]

will update that a.s.a.p.

[McBridge]

Very interesting thread.

Some questions:

1) Is the chassis number the number on this small plate under front window?

2) How many R, RS an RSR are built by Porsche motorsport? I think some of the running cars, especially in the national GT-Series, are converted from e.g. GT3 Cup.

[Marcel ten Caat]

Somehow I forgot to answer this it seems.

1) Yes.
2) I have no idea Perhaps some of the experts here know?

Now for something new...
Perhaps a Porsche 997 list should be started now already, to keep track of these cars from the word GO?

[AMICALEMANS]

Z1S692081 2005: T2M Motorsport 2006: T2M Motorsport
Just to let you know that this car became a "banana" at le Mans 2005. Xavier
Pompidou had a very big crash at Indianapolis curve. A wheel broke and the car goes in a tree.
Porsche factory took the car from Kaneko (T2M) to study the crash (it was a never seen crash). They gave him a new shell without number, new suspension, new engine free and so on . They put number Z1S692081 on the shell. During Le Mans 2006 scruteneering, i ask Kaneko about the car he have (a yellow one) He told me the story. In fact the only common part between 2005 and 2006 was only one of the front headlight and a flasher !

This car is in fact a 2006 specs car with a 2005 number !

[AMICALEMANS]

This car was also in Le Mans in 2001 and 2003 under number 75 : it was the Perspective Racing from Thierry Perrier

[tlracing]

ZYS692076 - originally a Chereau car in 2000, then Freisinger used it in FIA GT (I drove it at Estoril, 2001). Passed to T2M and used by them in USA.

ZYS692088 - originally one of the regular Dick Barbour 'Mobil' cars in 2000, then to Cirtek in FIA GT. Run in Porsche GB Open Championship more recently.

[AMICALEMANS]

4 GT3 RSR at LE MANS 2007 BUT 997 !

Seikel/Felbermayr n 71 : Z7S799937
IMSA perfomance n 76 : Z7S799923 (the winning car in GT2)
Flying Lizard n 80 : Z7S799913 (the troy lee desin car)
Autorlando n 93 : Z7S799925

[airbusA346]

996 GT3-RS Z2S692105 no longer with James Watt.

Tom.

[webbimages]

Hello All,
I have been tracking these cars for a few years and also been trying to build up a photo record against chassis numbers (this helps with accuracy ). The results are at...

http://www.webbimages.co.uk/chassisindexpage.htm

Any images, corrections or additions would be most appreciated !

Regards