Be it Gulf or Martini, the Porsche 917 wore its colors well. By Chris Constantine. Published Dec 21, 2019 5:28 PM EST. www.thedrive.com. Get The Drive’s daily newsletter.

Porsche 917. By Jonny Lieberman August 21, 2007 11:00 am EST. ... No surprise then that Piëch's single-mindedness turned the nearly stillborn 917 into perhaps the greatest racing car of all time.

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 ...

The Gulf-liveried Porsche 917 needs no presentation as the light blue and orange scheme became famous mainly due to its appearance in Steve McQueen’s “Le Mans” movie. To this day, it has ...

Or rather, what: the Porsche 917. More specifically, it was the Gulf-liveried #22 – not McQueen's #21 – that won the race, making it one of the most iconic cars ever to drive across the silver ...

Porsche is celebrating the birthday of one of its most iconic racing cars ever made – the 917. The Porsche 917 racing car debuted at the Geneva Motor Show on March 12, 1969.

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.

View Gulf Legends - Porsche 917 and Ford GT40 by Dexter Brown on artnet. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by Dexter Brown.

Porsche 917K: a restoration project with a difference. A Porsche 917 – any 917 – is special, but this particular car even more than most. Developed by the famed Gulf-sponsored British JW ...

Porsche 917 bearing chassis no. 022 - Photo via Mecum. Quite aside from the fact the 917 is already a priceless racer and the Gulf livery is among the most iconic in racing, ...

This 1:32 scale slot car track is designed to look like the 24 Hours of Le Mans and is built inside of a Porsche 917 ... One of the slot cars depicts the gulf-liveried Ford GT40 camera car used ...

Many call the following nine years the most successful collaboration in motorsports history. The livery and the Gulf emblem would become synonymous with endurance racing of the 1960s and 70s. However, ...