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The Flat-Twelve Endurance Legend: How One Sports Prototype Changed Long-Distance Racing

The Flat-Twelve Endurance Legend: How One Sports Prototype Changed Long-Distance Racing

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Technology & EngineeringMotor SportsAutomobiles

ISBN13: 9798901946787
Publisher: Publishdrive
Published: Jun 1 2026
Pages: 212
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.45 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The late 1960s and early 1970s produced one of the most dramatic machines in endurance-racing history: the Porsche 917. Built from a bold reading of the rulebook and powered by an air-cooled flat-twelve engine, it carried Porsche from respected class contender to outright Le Mans winner. Its story runs through homologation pressure, engineering risk, early instability, aerodynamic discovery, Ferrari rivalry, Gulf colours, Martini records, Salzburg glory, and the thunder of Can-Am turbocharging.

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