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1969 Porsche 917 K-69 Le Mans Race Car

Despite their world-wide recognition,the cars of the Porsche Motor Works are relative newcomers to motor racing.The company was founded by Ferry Porsche, son of the preeminent German auto motive designer Ferdinand Porsche. The first Porsche car, the Type 356, was based on Volkswagen mechanics but featured slim, aerodynamic lines that made maximum use of the highly available Volkswagen components. The car quickly proved its mettle, winning the 1951 and 1952 Le Mans events for cars of 1,100-cubic-centimeters displacement, then topping this feat by winning the race for cars with a displacement of up to 1,500 cubic centimeters in 1952. From that time forth, Porsche racing cars consistently won top honors in virtually every event they entered.

For 1955 the Type 356 was upgraded, incorporating a 1,498-cubic-centimeter overhead-cam "Spyder" engine developing 100 horsepower. The new model, named Carrera, swept major races across the world and in 1962 was improved still further with a 1,966-cubic-centimeter power plant producing 130 horsepower.

In 1957 the company had entered Formula Two racing, winning its class in the German Grand Prix and placing well in a number of subsequent events. Over the next three years, Porsche Formula Two cars amassed several impressive victories, encouraging the racing division to challenge the Formula One field. Although Porsche enjoyed some success in Formula One racing, the effort and expense it entailed did not seem to be justified. Thus, in 1962 the company abandoned Formula One competition to devote more effort to the prototype and sports classes.

In 1969 the Federation Internationale de ('Auto¬mobile established new rules for the World Championship of Makes. Prototypes were limited to three-litre engines, but production sports ma¬chines were allowed to have engines displacing as many as five litres. At a cost of about $80,000 per car, Porsche managed to produce the required 25 units to enter their supreme achievement, the 917, as a production model. Porsche's eight-cylinder boxer engine was stretched to 12 cylinders and 4,494 cubic centimeters. Under the sleek body metal was a tubular space-frame made entirely of aluminum and weighing only 103 pounds. With a compression ratio of 10.5:1, the air-cooled dynamo developed 580 horsepower. During the initial season the 917K, still in development, did not perform particularly well, but by the end of the 1970 season it had improved enough to win the world championship. In fact, in the three years of competition from 1969 to 1971, Porsche 917s won 15 of the 24 championship races they entered. In 1972, with the addition of a turbo charger which increased the engine's power, the 917 continued its winning ways.
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