Porsche 917, The Racecar so Good it was Banned

Porshe 917

In this episode, I cover the Porsche 917, a racing legend from the early 1970s that would be so dominant in Endurance racing and eventually CanAm racing, that it would be banned from both!

Thanks for listening!

Music:

Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Surf Shimmy by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4448-surf-shimmy

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Protofunk by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4247-protofunk

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Sources:

https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/classic-cars/a32536626/donohue-porsche-917-30-flat-12-photos/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_917

https://presskit.porsche.de/museum/en/2019/topic/anniversaries/porsche-celebrates-50-years-of-the-917/porsche-917-development-technology-and-racing-in-1969.html

https://presskit.porsche.de/museum/en/2019/topic/anniversaries/porsche-celebrates-50-years-of-the-917/porsche-917-setting-the-benchmark-in-turbo-technology.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Woolfe#:~:text=John%20Woolfe%20(23%20March%201932,be%20abolished%20the%20following%20year.

https://dyler.com/posts/26/jacky-ickx-the-le-mans-legend-who-changed-the-start-of-the-race#:~:text=His%20protest%20did%20not%20go,save%20a%20few%20extra%20seconds.&text=Thus%20ended%20the%20rather%20interesting,manufacturers%20had%20made%20adaptions%20for.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_engine

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https://www.topgear.com/car-news/motorsport/porsche-917-news-four-decades-cool-2009

https://drivetribe.com/p/porsche-917-O_AU9rqdSxWMZYYJUxPDrw?iid=BuANeaT0Qv-pXtRa807l7A

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can-Am

http://motoringhistory.com/porsche-917-best-everywhere/