The Porsche 917 made history as the first street-legal race car, with chassis 030 receiving modifications to meet road regulations. Originally, the 917 was a pure race car. Porsche never intended for ...

The Porsche 917 was developed under Ferdinand Piech’s leadership to win Le Mans- and it did. Initially built as a racer, one of these monsters was converted to be road-legal for an Italian Count.

On April 28, 1975, a special Porsche 917 left Weissach. However, it was not headed to Daytona or Le Mans, it was headed to ...

For years, the 917 dominated in races as Porsche deployed different versions, the K designation being designed for stability at high speeds. But the most famous one was the Pink Pig 917/20.

Released in 1969, the Porsche 917 stood proud as one of the most successful race cars of its era. It’s pure function-over-form design with sleek, aerodynamic lines, a mid-mounted flat-12 engine ...

The teaser came as Porsche reminded fans of a unique 917 race car that one very well-connected owner registered for the roads in 1975. The new model would almost certainly be a one-off ...

Porsche’s legendary 917 race car was built for one thing: winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Under the guidance of Ferdinand Piëch, the 917 delivered Porsche’s first overall Le Mans victory in ...

How do we know this? On Friday morning, Porsche USA posted a video to its YouTube channel briefly going over the history of the single 917 race car it built for the street. At the end, it asks, ...

so when he commissioned Porsche to build him a street-legal 917, the company wasn't going to say no. Once its life as a race car was over, 917 chassis 030 was brought back to the Porsche factory ...

Atlanta., April 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On April 28, 1975 a one-off Porsche 917 race car left the Weissach development center. It headed not for a track – like every 917 before – but ...