6 1970s PORSCHE 917
Race car of the CENTURY
1924-2024
A racing car so great they outlawed it twice. That’s one way to summarise the revered Porsche 917 that ruled the World Championship of Makes for two glorious years at the dawn of the 1970s, then crossed the Atlantic, transformed into a turbocharged monster and blitzed Can-Am for two more. The variations, the lairy liveries, the cult drivers, the mind-boggling numbers, the hair-raising war stories… the 917 has been feted for ever after as the most dazzling expression of Sturm und Drang bombast, matched only by the Silver Arrows grand prix beasts of the 1930s.
It was a monster from birth, of course, initially
