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Porsche 962C KH

The Porsche 962 was a sport-prototype racing car, designed to replace Two were the versions of this car: “962” for IMSA Championships,

the Porsche 956, to race the WSC Group C and Americans IMSA com- “962C” for Group C races.

petitions. The main difference from the 956 model was the chassis,

modified according to changed FIA safety rules.
The Fuji 1000-kilometres October race was part of the 1988 World

Sports-Prototype Championship as well as the Japanese Cham-

This Group C racer from Porsche was one of the most succesfull ra- pionship series. Thirteen Porsche 962Cs lined up for the race, inclu-

cing cars ever, its palmares including:
ding the cars engaged in the World Championship and those engaged

- World Sport-Prototype Championship: 1985, 1986
in the national series. ‘From A Racing’ car number 27, driven by Hideki

- Le Mans 24h: 1986, 1987, 1994
Okada and Stanley Dickens, crossed the finish line in 4th position.

- IMSA GTP Championship: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 The overall 1988 title in the ‘All Japan Sports-Prototype Championship’

- Daytona 24h: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991
racing series eventually went to the ‘From A’ team, and to driver Hideki

- Sebring 12h: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988
Okada.