Meet the 917 concept study, complete with the same red and white Salzburg livery of the first 917 to win Le Mans. Porsche enlisted a small team of designers and engineers in 2014 to envision what ...

There aren’t many racing cars that are still relevant on track over a decade after their first outing. For Kremer Racing to enter a Porsche 917 in the 1981 running of the Le Mans 24, 12 years ...

This Porsche 917 was the star car of Steve McQueen's "Le Mans," a film in which the actor portrayed a factory Porsche driver racing in the 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Piëch's Porsche 917 came to life only because the FIA changed the rules to prevent cars like it from existing. Ford's GT40 (and the Lola T70) proved to be so totally dominant at events like Le ...

The Porsche 917 may not be the most successful model in the history of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but it’s definitely one of the most terrific cars to have ever raced at La Sarthe. You can always ...

The Porsche 917 made history as the first street-legal race car, with chassis 030 receiving modifications to meet road regulations. Originally, the 917 was a pure race car.

Porsche 917/30 sells for $4.4 million at Gooding auction at Amelia Island. ... Porsche, fresh off its first overall Le Mans victories in 1970 and '71, ...

Porsche tamed the car over the years, but in '71, one 917 hit 224.4 mph on the Mulsanne straight at Le Mans, which is very fast in a car where your shoes are the crumple zone.

Porsche presented the 917 to the world 50 years ago at the Geneva Motor Show. Today it's celebrating by showing us an absolutely jaw-dropping concept car. Only this single photo is available now ...

The Porsche 917 is a race car that was produced by German manufacturer Porsche. The 917 was introduced in 1969 and was used in the World Sportscar Championship and at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Porsche's success continued to 1971. The 917 won eight of ten races in the World Championship of Makes and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. On the Circuit de la Sarthe, drivers Gijs van Lennep and Helmut ...

One thing that the 917 and 918 have in common: They’re surprisingly easy to drive fast. ... 1970 Porsche 917K vs. 2014 Porsche 918 Spyder: We Drive and Compare Two Icons.