The Porsche 917 is a sports prototype race car developed by German manufacturer Porsche to exploit the regulations regarding the construction of 5-litre sports cars.

The 1971 Porsche 917 LH is almost synonymous with the exceptional Vic Elford and his race at Le Mans. In 1970, the British driver achieved the fastest practice time and is first to break the 240 km/h barrier.

From securing Porsche its debut Le Mans win to speed records and North American victories, this is the story of the 917. It was amid these dramatic conditions that a future motorsport legend well and truly arrived. There have been many great Porsche …

Our long tail “Hippie Car” was purpose-built for Le Mans, where it reached nearly 240 mph en route to a 2nd place finish in 1970. Porsche started slowly in the evolution of their post-war racing production program.

The Martini Racing 917 LH 4.5 (917-043) finished second driven by Gérard Larrousse/Willy Kauhsen. Because of the car’s livery, it was nicknamed as a hippie-Porsche and as a psychedelic-Porsche. The livery was designed by Latvian Anatole ‘Tony’ Lapine, who was the head designer at Porsche.

The Porsche 917 is a sports prototype race car manufactured by Porsche between 1969 and 1971. During that period, approximately 37 were built in multiple variants including the 917L, 917K, and 917/30. The 917 gave Porsche its first overall …

1971 Porsche 917LH (LangHeck) specs, lap times, performance data, top speed, engine specifications, pictures.

For the 1969 racing season the absolutely new Porsche 917 with 4.5-litre 12-cylinder engine was created. Premiere: 1969 March 12 at Geneva motor show (Salon de l’Automobile Genève) press day / Engine: 4494 cc flat-12 / Gearbox: 5-speed, ratios according to race track / Wheelbase: 2300 mm / Wheels: front 9×15″, rear 12×15″.

2004年12月1日 · With less than ten months to go before the 1969 24 Hours of Le Mans race, Porsche set out to design the new car, which represented the single biggest step in their racing history. Porsche's strategy of gradual development had served them very well in the past, but Piech understood more was needed now to finally clinch the overall victory.

The low drag LH was tried at various times on the fastest circuits where Porsche believed its higher top speed would offset lower cornering speeds but was raced only at Le Mans. Although the first 25 Porsche 917's were built with add-on extended tails, by …