Or rather, what: the Porsche 917. More specifically, it was the Gulf-liveried #22 – not McQueen's #21 – that won the race, making it one of the most iconic cars ever to drive across the silver ...

For Kremer Racing to enter a Porsche 917 ... than the previous 917 allowed, and the gearsets in the transmission were too short. Olympic skier and eventual four-time Le Mans winner Brilliant ...

Unthinkable to all except Porsche ... winner Mario Andretti, who duly put his 512S on pole, but the qualifying session was wet so not much could be read into that. Almost from the off, the two ...

To highlight the newly enhanced program, Porsche is showcasing this restored 917K. This particular example, resplendent in iconic Gulf livery, won the thousand-kilometer race at Spa in 1971 ...

However, Jerry Seinfeld, the car's current owner and a renowned Porsche enthusiast, turned down the record-setting offer. The car, chassis 917-022 ... sporting the iconic Gulf Oil racing livery.

The star of the show is undoubtedly the Gulf-liveried 1970 Porsche 917 K, initially delivered to UK-based Porsche Works team J.W Automotive Engineering. Piloted by David Hobbs and Mike Hailwood in ...