Manthey’s No. 90 Porsche is set to compete in a livery based on the fictional "Chip Hart Racing" team at the Le Mans 24 Hours ...

He nearly didn’t accept because John Wyer wanted him in a GT40, but he figured it was already an ageing car and Porsche was ...

The 917 would go on to win Le Mans for Porsche in 1970 and 1971, so it's pretty important to the automaker. Porsche has unleashed a variety of performance cars on the motoring world, though many ...

Experience the raw, legendary exhaust notes of the iconic 1969 Porsche 917K—the Le Mans winner that defined racing history. Turn up the volume and relive the golden era of motorsport through ...

Attwood refinished #917-022 in the red and white 1970 Salzburg 917K paintwork in which he secured Porsche’s first overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. That's quite a story if you think ...

A Porsche 917 ... Three separate 917 examples were used for filming, and the movie also incorporated additional footage of 917s competing in the actual 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans race.

But this Porsche 917K, chassis no. 917-022 ... 28 Photos The production of Le Mans took place during the actual 38th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June 1970. In front of 50,000 spectators ...

a fellow Porsche driver and a winner at Le Mans. The 4,494 cc V-12 is mated to a four-speed manual transmission. Michael McCafferty, courtesy of Mecum Auctions Attwood kept the 917 for over two ...

I squeeze into the 917’s tight seat ... Incredibly, the car that won the 1970 running of Le Mans outright for Porsche proves relatively easy to drive, which is kind of the point if you ...

Introduced in 1969, the Porsche 917 has quite a few things to ... it found its way to Richard Attwood, the winner of the 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans. He campaigned the 917K at various events before ...

Spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen the Steve McQueen’s movie Le ... Mans car deserves which accolade, though. The parsing is made more difficult by teams running eight 917s in the 1970 race ...

Monterey Car Week gathers the perfect audience for a bauble such as this, the 1970 Porsche 917K hero car from the 1971 movie Le Mans. Steve McQueen's Solar Productions bought chassis 917-022 from ...