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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 never intended ...

Porsche locked out the podium, with the “hippie” 917 of Larrousse/Kauhsen and the 908 driven by Lins/Marko finishing second and third behind the winning vehicle from Porsche Salzburg.

In honor of both anniversaries, Porsche's trio of 963 LMDh race cars set for the French classic will feature a psychedelic livery in which each color used has its own Le Mans history.

Boutique Belgian company After the Race, also known simply as ATR, has revealed a series of life-sized sculptures that faithfully reproduce the legendary Porsche 917 race car.

For those not too familiar with the 917 KH, it was an absolute titan at Le Mans in 1971, with its 592-horsepower 4.9-liter flat-12 engine helping it dominate the competition.

Indeed, the Porsche 917 was one of the greatest race cars of all time, winning Le Mans in 1970 and ’71, after which it was basically outlawed and rebodied as the 917/30 to compete in the Can-Am ...

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.