By 1973, the 917 was coming to the end of its glittering reign as the king of the racetrack. At the end of the 1972 season, such was the domination that the car had on the World Sportscar Championship that the FIA decided to react, banning its five-litre, 12-cylinder engine.
The 917/30 was the most powerful sports car racer ever built and raced. The 5.374-litre 12 cylinder (90.0 x 70.4 mm) twin-turbocharged engine could produce around 1,100 bhp (820 kW) at 7,800 rpm in race trim. The 917/30 dominated the Can-Am series during the 1973 season.
Thanks to its turbocharged straight-six and genius all-wheel-drive system, the R32 Skyline GT-R was unbeatable in Australian touring car racing. The governing body didn't like that too much, so it banned turbocharging and all-wheel-drive, ending the Skyline GT-R's two-year reign.
At the end of the season, Porsche withdrew from F1 due to the high costs, just having acquired the Reutter factory. Volkswagen and German branches of suppliers had no interest in an F1 commitment as this series was too far away from road cars.
It's one thing to say that a 917 is road legal, but it's another entirely to see it next to a Fiat Punto at the traffic lights. Claudio pulled it out of the workshop, cruised down the motorway, toll booth pass box in the window, to the harbor in Monaco.
The loophole Porsche racecar Ferrari couldn't touch!
Did Steve McQueen drive a Porsche 917?
McQueen didn't actually race in the real Le Mans as he had hoped — the film company's insurers put paid to that idea — but he did drive the 917 on screen and in stunt sequences. Not this exact one, though — McQueen actually drives the No. 21 Porsche in the film, while the No.
An iconic 1970 Porsche 917K will be offered as a highlight of RM Sotheby's auction in Monterey, Calif., this August, with an estimate of between US$16 million and US$18.5 million.
BMW Motorsport M3 GTR was banned for 2002 onward season for the lack of enough road going version(which Porsche objected and got the champion for)The 2004-05 version was the car you stated yet the livery of MW05 M3 GTR was based on 2001 BMW Motorsport livery so I think it's still a 2001 car.
In the 70s, the Dodge Daytona and Plymouth Superbird could easily hit 200 mph, but NASCAR imposed a power limit on cars with wings for 1971, under assumption that the cars were too fast for the time. Soon after, the big wings and pointy noses disappeared for NASCAR forever.
Ferrari have gone down that design route, with a key change to the technical regulations allowing them to do so. Mercedes' design was banned because it was said to be against the spirit of the regulations as it was for aerodynamic purposes.
The Nissan Skyline ban exists simply because the car failed to meet Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. The Nissan Skyline is illegal in the US because of the Imported Vehicle Safety Compliance Act of 1988. You might recall that the Nissan S 15 is also illegal under this act.
It is the R32 that cemented the GT-R's 'Godzilla' nickname. From 1991, Australia was the GT-R's first export market, and after it knocked the venerable Ford Sierra Cosworth off the podium at the Australian Touring Car Championship, Australian press started to refer to it as “Godzilla, the monster from Japan”.
It's not going to imitate a lightweight, mid-engine sports car, but it's got truly exceptional grip. Especially with its sophisticated all-wheel drive system and sticky tires, it can carry absurd speeds through a bend and then rocket out without hesitation.
The nose was equally low and flat like that of the new long-tail coupé, but shorter. But the best part was the fanciful paintwork which let the 917/20 go down in Porsche history as the "Pink Pig", "Big Berta" or even "Truffle Hunter".
With a chassis designed by Helmuth Bott and engine developed by Hans Mezger – who in the 1980s designed the Porsche-built TAG Turbo Formula 1 engine for the all-conquering McLaren MP4/2 – 25 cars were made for homologation purposes. Eventually, some 65 examples of the Porsche 917 would go on to be built in total.
Parliamentarians, in their contempt for anything described as fun, wanted the Lotus Carlton banned. This car was debated against in the same halls where Eton-educated sentient croutons have argued about things like Brexit, austerity measures, and selling out the NHS.
Team Vesco Turbinator II, along with driver Dave Spangler, roared into history as the first wheel-driven automobile to exceed 500 mph on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats.
After 2035, the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans will be banned, although these vehicles will continue to be available on the second-hand market.
Is the BMW M4 GT3 a street legal car? The BMW M4 GT3 is exclusively designed for racetrack use. It is not intended for use on open roads and, due to its specialized racing equipment, does not meet any US standards for street vehicles. Does BMW offer any driving programs for the M4 GT3?
The GTR's untimely demise comes down to the introduction of new regulations limiting the noise vehicles can make either while they're stationary or on the go. Drafted in 2014, the regulation aims to reduce noise pollution caused by motorised vehicles, as we're ushered towards a quieter future over the next four years.
Godzilla killed off in Britain by EU noise rules: Nissan's supercar-beating GT-R to be pulled from the UK market this month because it's too loud. Nissan's GT-R, one of the modern-eras great sports cars, will be removed from the UK market from the end of the month because it has been deemed too noisy for our roads.
On 14 June 1970, Porsche achieved its first overall victory there with the 580 hp 917 KH sports car. 50 years later, on the weekend of June 13 and 14, 2020, the Porsche Museum will present the original winning car in its exhibition.
Despite the heavy rain, Porsche 917 won the race in 1970 with the drivers Hans Herrmann and Richard Attwood from the Porsche Salzburg team. Their short-tailed 917K #23 in red and white stripes obtained the first victory for the marque in the most critical race of the Championship.
While both F1 cars and WEC cars are both capable of hitting speeds in excess of 200mph, Formula 1 cars have the edge on LMH cars when it comes to pace across an entire lap.
