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Author: Peter Morgan
Publisher: Haynes Publishing UK
Published: 2003-12-22
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781859609514
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This work chronicles the history of Porsche's 956/962 sports car. It includes the development story of the 956; its low-key debut at Silverstone in 1982; and the Joest team's two consecutive Le Mans victories. It also includes appendices of international race victories and technical specifications.
Author: Serge Vanbockryck
Publisher:
Published: 2019-09
Total Pages: 736
ISBN-13: 9781907085901
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Unleashed in 1982, the Porsche 956 became the most successful purpose-built race car in history. Over the following decade, the 956 and its later long-wheelbase version, the 962, would win five consecutive world championships, as well as every single classic sportscar race in the world a record number of times: the Le Mans 24 Hours seven times, the Daytona 24 Hours six times and the Sebring 12 Hours four times, plus 39 world championship events and 55 IMSA races, to name but a few of its remarkable achievements. Many of the successes were achieved by works-entered cars, almost always in the iconic white-and-blue colours of sponsor Rothmans, and they form the focus of an extraordinary body of work researched and written by author Serge Vanbockryck over the past 30 years. This is the first part of his project, a two-volume production about the Works 956s, with a second such title on the Works 962s to follow in the summer of 2020.
Author: John Allen
Publisher: Motorbooks International
Published: 1988-01-01
Total Pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9780854296422
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Glen Smale
Publisher: Haynes Publishing UK
Published: 2012-07-15
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780857330987
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Porsche 956 and the derivative 962 version dominated long-distance sports car racing on both sides of the Atlantic during the 1980s, both in European Group C racing and the American IMSA series. The car’s numerous successes included six consecutive victories in the Le Mans 24 Hours and four consecutive victories in the Daytona 24 Hours. This is a big book about a big subject, as these awesome machines raced competitively for 12 years and almost 150 of them were manufactured for use by factory and customer teams.
Author: Karl Ludvigsen
Publisher: Enthusiast Books
Published: 2010-11-15
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781583882696
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Powered by a tubocharged flat six, the 956/962 had Porsche’s first full monocoque structure and was the first car its engineers designed to produce aerodynamic downforce. Raced both by the factory and by private teams, these were turn-key cars: just turn the key…and win. These are among the world’s most respected racing cars. In these pages an expert on Porsche, Karl Ludvigsen, shares rare images from his personal archive and describes the highs and more highs of these great Porsches.
Author: Ian Wagstaff
Publisher: Haynes Publishing UK
Published: 2018-04-10
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780857337962
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Porsche 956 / 962 Owner's Workshop Manual is the latest addition to the “classic racing car” manual series, taking the series beyond ten titles, and complementing Ferrari 250 GTO, Ford GT40, Porsche 917, AC Cobra, and Ferrari 512. This highly produced manual extends coverage of iconic sports-racing cars. 2016 was the 30th anniversary of the Porsche 962's first Le Mans win (the 956 having won for the previous four years) in the hands of Derek Bell, Hans Stuck and Al Holbart.
Author: Glen Smale
Publisher: Motorbooks International
Published: 2021-12-21
Total Pages: 327
ISBN-13: 0760369054
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Looking back on 70 years of the legendary marque at one of the world's greatest races, Porsche at Le Mans is authoritatively written and packed with photos, history, and results.
Author: Richard Heseltine
Publisher: Porter Press
Published: 2018-08-14
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781907085659
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Derek Bell’s name became inextricably linked with that of Porsche during his long and hugely successful career as a racing driver. In this new 276-page book, Bell collaborates with renowned motorsport author Richard Heseltine to give the reader a very personal insight into his experiences racing for the legendary German marque. The approach taken by this latest publication from Porter Press International is to look at every race Bell drove for Porsche, in detail and with revealing comments from the book’s subject. Light is cast on Bell’s most prestigious victories with Porsche - four of his five in the Le Mans 24 Hours, three in the Daytona 24 Hours, two in the World Sportscar Championship - and many more besides. Bell describes the Porsches he raced, from the fearsome 917 to the iconic 956, 962, and 911. And he shares his thoughts on the now-legendary drivers he raced with, including six-time Le Mans winner Jacky Ickx, the famously flamboyant Hans Stuck, and two immense talents who lost their lives to the sport, Jo Siffert and Stefan Bellof. The overall effect is a fascinating trip back in time to a golden era for Porsche and sports car racing as a whole.
Author: Mark Cole
Publisher: Porter Press
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781907085888
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From 1983 to 1986, Fitzpatrick's operation made 66 Group C entries in 44 races in the World Endurance Championship, the German Deutsche Rennsport-Meisterschaft and the American Can-Am, winning three times and taking another 11 podium positions. This book tells the story of this exciting team, its five Group C Porsches and what became of them, its crews, its drivers, its races and - above all - its charismatic owner, John Fitzpatrick, arguably the best British driver never to have raced in Formula 1.
Author: Randy Leffingwell
Publisher: Motorbooks International
Published: 2017-09-19
Total Pages: 259
ISBN-13: 0760347255
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This richly illustrated book offers a complete history of Porsche, Germany's premium sports-car maker. Porsche 70 Years focuses on engineering and design stories, while also paying homage to key players.
