Description: The Classics at the Castle Porsche Festival is one place we all want to be for plenty of good reasons. One of those is this 917 Le Mans racer which gave the German automaker its first outright win at ...Add Comments0
Description: The iconic classic is powered by a 4.5-liter flat-12, the first engine of this type produced by Porsche. True to the automaker's form, it utilized advanced technology for its time with engine com...Add Comments4
Logan GreenNov 30, 2012 One time I had the privilege to see 4 of the gulf 917k's on Laguna seca. That was the most beautiful thing ever
Ryan RainvilleNov 05, 2012 There's still a lot of engineering that goes into cars particularly the prototypes of today
Logan GreenNov 30, 2012 Ooh! This is at Laguna seca. I was there. I think that this particular model of porsche race cars is one of the most amazing things
Description: To keep the car as compact as possible, the driver was positioned so far forward that his feet rested in front of the front wheel axle. The video is definitely worth watching for Porsche lovers as wel...Add Comments0
Aislin CooperNov 04, 2012 The 917 was a breakthrough in ground effects. Yes, it has downforce.
Brandon MetzgerNov 03, 2012 The lips on the back probably create some, the curvature and holes in the back also help create downforce. And probably other things I couldn't point out at this moment. But you don't get the kind of title this car has without creating any downforce
Nick SchneeNov 03, 2012 No, I mean... It's pretty fast, and it doens't have any spoilers or spitters or diffusers. How does it turn at high speed?
Brandon MetzgerNov 03, 2012 \/ What kind of question is that?
Nick SchneeNov 03, 2012 Does this car actually have any downforce?!