PORSCHE 962C 85
1987
PORSCHE 962C 85
1987 - Le Mans / #3 - S. Goodyear, B. Adam, R. Spenard
CA34d
PORSCHE 962C 85
Toyota 86C
1987
Toyota 86C
1987 - Fuji 1000 Km / #45 - K. Acheson, M. Roe
CA41e
PORSCHE 956 KH
1984
PORSCHE 956 KH
1984 - 1000km Nürburgring / #7 - H. Pescarolo, S. Johansson, A. Senna
CA09m
NISSAN R89C
1989
NISSAN R89C
1989 - 24h Le Mans / #24 - M. Blundell, J Bailey, M. Donnelly
CA28h
PORSCHE 962C KH
1989
PORSCHE 962C KH
1989 - 3rd Supercup Nurburgring / #5 - Jochen Dauer
CA17f
Porsche 962C
1991
Porsche 962C
1991 - Le Mans / #58 - H.J. Stucj, F. Jelinski, D. Bell
CA52a
PORSCHE 962C KH
1990
PORSCHE 962C KH
1990 - 1st Brands Hatch / #1 - W. Lechner
CA17d
In 1990, the Team’s principal and driver, Walter Lechner, entered the Interserie Coupe Super Sports with a Porsche 962C KH sponsored by Walter Lechner Racing School and Jim Beam. Lechner won the fourth race of the Championship, held on the historic Brands Hatch circuit.
PORSCHE 962 IMSA
1988
PORSCHE 962 IMSA
1988 - 12h Sebring / #01 - A. J. Foyt, H. Haywood
CA25f
The Porsche 962 is a sport-prototype racing car created to replace the already successful Porsche 956, in order to allow it to race the IMSA and WSC Group C competitions. It was one of the most successful racing cars ever and it won several competitions all over the world:
– World Sport-Prototype Championship in 1985 and 1986
– 24h Le Mans in 1986, 1987 and 1994
– IMSA GTP Championship in 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988
– 24h Daytona in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989 and 1991
– 12h Sebring in 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988
The IMSA ‘GTP’ regulations required some modifications in comparison with Porsches designed for the Group C. Front axle was shifted 12 centimetres ahead, so that driver’s feet could stay behind the hubs of the wheels. The boxer 6 cylinders engine had a displacement of 3.2 litres, was air-cooled, with only one turbo, 2 valves per cylinder and one single overhead camshaft. The 12 Hours of Sebring in 1988, was won by this Porsche driven by A.J.Foyt and H. Haywood.
SAUBER C9
1987
SAUBER C9
1987 - Norisring / #61 - Mike Thackwell
CA06i
The Sauber Mercedes C9 was a Group C race car, built by Sauber in partnership with Mercedes-Benz. Chassis was mainly an aluminium monocoque, with magnesium elements and carbon-fibre skins. It had double wishbone suspensions, with direct-action at front and rocker-arm at rear, as well as Speedline magnesium rims, 17” front and 19” rear, and Brembo cast-iron 14” disc brakes. In 1988, the car was powered the ‘M117’ engine, a twin turbo, 5 litres, V8, with semi-stressed function, which used the 500SL passenger car crankcase. The two valves per cylinder were controlled by a single over head camshaft, with chain drive. In qualifying specifications, the boost pressure was 1.2 bar, and power was 800 bhp at 7000 rpm. Torque had a very flat band from 3000 to 8000 rpm, which gave the Sauber C9 a great advantage in exiting corners. Overall weight was 865 kg. Mike Thackwell was fast, talented, young, but eventually “moved away from the highest level of motor sports”, as recently written in one of the very few interviews released. He drove the Sauber Mercedes C9 in 1987 at the Norisring “ADAC Würth Supercup” event.
PORSCHE 962C LH
1988
PORSCHE 962C LH
1988 - Le Mans / #18 - B. Wollek, V. Schuppan, S.V.d. Merwe
CA03m
Porsche 962 is a sport-prototype racing car created to replace the already succesfull Porsche 956, in order to allow its presence in the Americans IMSA and WSC Group C competitions. It was one of the most succesful racing cars ever and it won several competitions all over the world:
– World Sport-Prototype Championship in 1985 and 1986
– 24h Le Mans in 1986, 1987 and 1994
– IMSA GTP Championship in 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988
– 24h Daytona in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989 and 1991
– 12h Sebring in 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988
The ‘962C’ appeared for the first time at Le Mans in 1985. The engine was a boxer, 6 cylinders, with two turbos, liquid-cooled, 4 valves per cylinder, double overhead camshaft. On the 3 factory cars engaged in the ’24 Hours’ in 1988, displacement had been increased at 3 liters. Even the tail had been updated. In those years, cars used ‘long’ shaped tails to have the less possible drag on the ‘Les Hunaudières’ straight. During qualifying, the works 962C reached a maximum speed of 391 kph. This car raced at Le Mans in 1988 in the red, white and yellow livery of sponsor Shell. The car was driven by Bob Wollek, Vern Shuppan and Sarel van der Merwe.
