Porsche 917: The All-Conquering Icon Created by Exploiting a Loophole in the Regulations 22 Sep 2023, 19:04 UTC &middot By: Vlad Radu / Developed in only 10 months and technically streel legal ...

Just ahead of Porsche's big Le Mans return, there's been plenty of renewed interest in the brand's racing history, a huge chunk of which can be attributed to the 917 LH.

Pink Pig Porsche An attempt to blend the best aerodynamic characteristics from both the short-tailed 917 K and long-tailed 917 LH led to the weirdest and rarest of the lot- 917/20.

The 917 LH is one of the oldest castings in the new Premium Collector Set. That's a relatively strange thing to say, considering it debuted in the 2018 Legends of Speed series.

Like the similarly designed 907 LH and 917 LH, the 908 LH was admirably fast, approaching 200 mph on the Mulsanne with a relatively modest 350 hp.

Porsche painted a 918 Spyder prototype in Martini Racing colors -- and the result, as you can imagine, is fabulous.

Otherwise, from left to right we have the colors inspired by the 917 LH "Hippie" car, 911 GT1-98, No. 23 "Salzburg" 917 that gave Porsche its first overall Le Mans victory; Martini-sponsored 935/ ...

The imperious Toyota TS050 Hybrid was even able to beat the fastest pre-chicane lap of 3m 18.4s set by Jackie Oliver in a Porsche 917 LH.