Porsche wanted to win the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race in France, so in July 1968, it started a program to build itself a new racecar to do so. The 917 would go on to win Le Mans for ...

Porsche put the 917 in storage when it no longer needed it ... including the 917 that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1971. His goal wasn’t to park chassis number 30 in a warehouse and admire ...

Porsche’s legendary 917 race car was built for one thing: winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Under the guidance of Ferdinand Piëch, the 917 delivered Porsche’s first overall Le Mans victory in ...

Ever wondered what a modern, 2025 Le Mans prototype racecar would be like ... at the end of a video commemorating 50 years since Porsche 917 chassis no.30 was converted for road use by the factory ...

A total of 50 years has passed since Porsche’s legendary 917 race car took to the road – and it looks like the German firm might create something just as extraordinary to celebrate. We’re ...

Porsche’s 917 was a prototype endurance racing machine ... the silhouette looks more akin to the current prototype that you’ll see race at Le Mans this June: The 963. Alongside the silhouette ...

The Porsche 917 was developed under Ferdinand Piech’s leadership to win Le Mans- and it did. Initially built as a racer, one of these monsters was converted to be road-legal for an Italian Count.

Porsche just released a video that appears to preview a street-legal version of its 963 LMDh/GTP race car. The full unveiling is scheduled for June 2025, lining up with this year's 24 Hours of Le ...

His famed support of the Porsche factory race squad was vigorous, so when he commissioned Porsche to build him a street-legal 917, the company ... The rules at Le Mans at the time required all ...

Originally, the 917 was a pure race car. Porsche never intended for it to be used outside the track. But that changed thanks to one determined Italian aristocrat—Count Teofilo Guiscardo Rossi di ...