Your all time favourite Porsche team & why ?

[The Badger]

http://www.racingsportscars.com/phot...-05-13-033.jpg

But my favourite has to be http://www.racingsportscars.com/phot...-09-14-017.jpg

[porsche45]

The BFG 962

http://www.racingsportscars.com/phot...-06-09-068.jpg

[Geva-Nelson]

Got to go with the beautiful RLR cars

[cptkablamo]

Thanks for the info on the Fitzpatrick cars...and yeah, I guess for me it does degrade into the best paint job as I have no real idea on who ran the cars back in the day...

[Speed-King]

Originally Posted by porsche45

The BFG 962

http://www.racingsportscars.com/phot...-06-09-068.jpg

what's the huge intake at the roof of that car for? I looked through the gallery of the race that photo is from an saw that the BFG and Holbert Porsches have it, but not the Bayside or the Dyson car.

[Mulsanne Bleu]

These are my Top 5 since nobody mentioned IMSA teams

Martini Racing
The Rothmans
Joest Racing
Holbert Racing
Bob Akin Racing

[vorsprung]

Originally Posted by Speed-King

what's the huge intake at the roof of that car for? I looked through the gallery of the race that photo is from an saw that the BFG and Holbert Porsches have it, but not the Bayside or the Dyson car.

It's for the intercooler of the aircooled single turbo engined IMSA GTP cars. There are different shapes and sizes for that intake.

[The Badger]

Differant teams had their own ideas about the shape and size of the intake .

[gfm]

G-Force Blue Coral GT1 and 2, Pennzoil GT3.
... 'cos I was in it.

[minimangler]

anything works and wearing martini livery. thank you fogelhund for the pic =]

[Jonerz]

Brumos Porsche. R.I.P. Bob Snodgrass.

[brielga]

John Wyer Gulf 1st and the battery of 908s in LM 69 2nd. For the looks the Martini "psychedelic" 917s.

[Splendid Cat]

Looks = black Blaupunkt 962 from German national series, specially built for one HJ Stuck.

[neiltbag]

Originally Posted by SebringMG

Has to be the works Rothmans cars of the 956/962 era !! My dad took me to watch them at Brands in the early-mid 80s!! Highlight of my racing year back then and what started me to like sportscar racing!!

My first sportscar race was the Brands 1000km in 1985. My Dad also took me to the race, and I was 9. The Rothmans cars are the ones that stand out most in my memories of that race.

[JHamilton]

Originally Posted by Jonerz

Brumos Porsche. R.I.P. Bob Snodgrass.

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[Aysedasi]

Originally Posted by neiltbag

My first sportscar race was the Brands 1000km in 1985. My Dad also took me to the race, and I was 9. The Rothmans cars are the ones that stand out most in my memories of that race.

That's a coincidence - that was my first major sportscar race too - but I was a bit older than you.... Surely the green Jags stand out in your memory too?

[The Badger]

My first was 1986 Brands , that Lancia and the Jagermeister Brun 962C and Wollek in the RLR 956 did it most for me . Loved Brands , wish it was back .

[Mirage M6]

neiltbag, Aysedasi, The Badger...You are very lucky, sometimes I wish born earlier

[Aysedasi]

Yes, I consider myself hugely privileged to have witnessed the Group C era, both at Le Mans and elsewhere. Somewhere I have some great pics of 86 and 87 Brands 100kms - goodness only knows where though!

[Spyderman]

Having spent the early part of my childhood in Africa (where I currently live), I was fortunate enough to attend annually (in the 70's) the 9 hours of Kayalami (South Africa).
I witnessed the great battles between the Ferrari's 512P's and the 917's. The most beautiful 917 that I saw was a Lucky Strike sponsored one driven by David Piper. (not sure of the year but sometime in the early 70's)

[Mirage M6]

Originally Posted by Spyderman

Having spent the early part of my childhood in Africa (where I currently live), I was fortunate enough to attend annually (in the 70's) the 9 hours of Kayalami (South Africa).

I witnessed the great battles between the Ferrari's 512P's and the 917's. The most beautiful 917 that I saw was a Lucky Strike sponsored one driven by David Piper. (not sure of the year but sometime in the early 70's)

Was in 1971, Piper entry two 917k, and one of them finished 4th (Attwood-Charlton? I don´t remember now)

[Aysedasi]

You see, we can all be envious can't we? I would have loved to have witnessed the 917s in real action. Yes, I've seen them in historic racing several times, but, a bit like watching the 962s and Silk Cut Jags in the classic pre-Le Mans race in 2004.....





..... it just isn't the same.

[Mirage M6]

I´ve looked for info and was a incredible race (Regazzoni crashed with Adamowicz when they fought for the first place). As I said Piper had two 917K, one for Attwood-Charlton, and another for Adamowicz-Casoni).

Spyderman, you're very lucky too!


PS. Aysedasi, Syderman...some of you saw enviable things... I'm too younger

[neiltbag]

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

That's a coincidence - that was my first major sportscar race too - but I was a bit older than you.... Surely the green Jags stand out in your memory too?

To be honest, the Jags were so new and unproven that as a 9-year-old I didn't understand the significance. And let's not forget - at that point, their glittering career was still all in the future...

What I did know was that those Rothmans Porsches were in the race programs my dad brought back from Le Mans, were numbered 1,2 and 3 and seemed to be the fastest cars I'd ever seen.

[HORNDAWG]

Hmm! I would have to say it is probably Penske, when he switched to Porsche + Audi/ Sunoco 917. My father and by default I was a Penske/ Mark Donohue Trans-Am Camaro fan, so it transfered to the Can-Am team. My father with me in tow had met them in the paddock back in the day at Laguna. Also the Livery of the Camaro(colors) was carried forward on the 917 Spyder. But the application of the colors really caught the eye of a kid.http://www.racingsportscars.com/phot...-09-16-006.jpg http://www.racingsportscars.com/phot...-06-10-006.jpgBut in fact was truly a McLaren w/Chevy V-8 (preferably about 8.L) fan with either Hobbs or Andretti at the wheel!

L.P.