This Porsche was an absolute beast when it came to endurance racing, competing in the race after race and winning like a boss, and with a top speed of 200mph and a 0-60 time of 2.7-seconds, it was ...

50 years ago, a well-connected owner converted his 917 for road use. Now, Porsche hints it could bring its modern Le Mans racer to the street in a similar vein. Ronan Glon Apr 25, 2025 8:00 AM EDT 0 ...

This Porsche 917 was the star car of Steve McQueen's "Le Mans," a film in which the actor portrayed a factory Porsche driver racing in the 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans. The story behind this 917 is ...

There were only 37 Porsche 917s ever built, with the car reaching new heights for Porsche by winning Le Mans in 1970 and 1971, doing exactly what it was designed to do. Something it wasn’t ...

Consider, if you will, a car from days gone by that stands alone as an icon of the sport. There is no more important car to the history of endurance racing than the Porsche 917. Without this car ...

Salzburg Porsche Porsche’s list concludes with its most important 917, the No. 23 917 K that brought home Porsche’s first overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Porsche is celebrating the birthday of one of its most iconic racing cars ever made – the 917. The Porsche 917 racing car debuted at the Geneva Motor Show on March 12, 1969.

Wysard owns a recreation of a 1970 Porsche 917, the car that conquered the famous race. He says it was built in Australia by a father-and-son team, one of only about 16 like it.

But at the same time, it's obvious why this 917 has never worn European plates. Yet Count Rossi's 917K did help another Porsche owner get his former race car registered for the street.

The 917/30 was so fast, it was effectively banned from Can-Am after 1973. For the Talladega run, the 917/30 was fit with two intercoolers, and made around 1230 hp according to Porsche.

Porsche's success continued to 1971. The 917 won eight of ten races in the World Championship of Makes and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. On the Circuit de la Sarthe, drivers Gijs van Lennep and Helmut ...