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Porsche 917K chassis #008 - 1969


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Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
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Built in 1969, the Porsche 917 chassis 008 ran for the first and only time at the Le Mans 24 hours in 1969 entered by the works Porsche System Engineering Team for the crew consisting of Vic Elford and Richard Attwood. The car, painted in white was in a long tail configuration (LH) and in practices scored the second faster time. At the eighteenth hour the 917 008 was leading but already prey to problems of brake fluid vaporization. Then a clutch spring gave way, forcing the last 917 remained in the race to retire at the 21st hour. The car was intensively used in 1970 for the tests that followed the introduction of the short tail (the first car to be turned into a short tail) and became one of the spare cars of the Gulf Racing team of John Wyer until the end of 1971, when it was dismantled. Restored in the early 1990s, the Porsche 917 008 remained unused until 2018.

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Costruita nel 1969, la Porsche 917 chassis 008 corse per la prima e unica volta alla 24 ore di Le Mans 1969 iscritta dalla squadra ufficiale Porsche System Engineering per l’equipaggio composto da Vic Elford e Richard Attwood. La vettura, dipinta di bianco era in configurazione coda lunga (LH) e in prova segnò il secondo tempo assoluto. Alla diciottesima ora la 917 008 era la comando ma già in preda a problemi di vaporizzazione del liquido dei freni. Poi una molla della frizione cedette  costringendo al ritiro l’ultima 917 in gara alla 21° ora. La vettura fu intensamente utilizzata nel 1970 per i test che seguirono l’introduzione della coda corta (la prima vettura ad essere trasformata in coda corta) e divenne una delle vetture di scorta del Gulf Racing team di John Wyer fino alla fine del 1971, quando fu dismessa. Restaurata all’inizio degli anni 90, la Porsche 917 008 rimase inutilizzata fino al 2018.

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Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
Monza Historic 2019, Porsche 917K chassis #008
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