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Chassis:
Chassis 917-015 was officially completed in 1969 but never raced in its original guise. It was rebuilt to K specification and entrusted to the JWA team ahead of the 1970 season. With Pedro Rodriguez and Leo Kinnunen behind the wheel, it was driven to victory in the season opening Daytona 24 Hours. During the remainder of the season, it served as a spare car until it was pressed back into action at the Watkins Glen Can-Am round where Brian Redman placed seventh. During the winter, the car was rebuilt at the JWA workshop around spare chassis 917-035. For carnet reasons, the plates were changed on the two chassis. The original 917-015 chassis was later re-used to build up a Can-Am Spyder.
Chassis 917-035 as 917-015 was pressed back into service with the Gulf-back JWA team from the start of the 1971 season. Starting from pole, it finished second in the Buenos Aires 1000km and then won the Spa 1000 km with Pedro Rodriguez and Jackie Oliver behind the wheel. It was then raced at the 6 Hours and Can-Am races at Watkins Glen with a third in the former as the best result. These proved to be the final contemporary outings for this car.
Still with the chassis plate 917-015 that it wears to this day, JWA returned the car to Porsche at the end of the year. It was re-painted red and used as the 'Weissach Taxi' for high speed demo runs. It was eventually re-painted in Gulf colours and for many years used the #2 livery used during the 1970 Daytona 24 Hours victory. As that win was not actually achieved using the chassis that is in the car, Porsche more recently re-restored the car to reflect the 1971 Spa 1000 km winning colours. The work was done by Porsche Cars North America and completed in the mid-2010s. It has since been demonstrated at a variety of events.
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| Manufactured in |
1969 |
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| Notes |
Originally built as 917-035 |
| Last known location |
Porsche Museum |
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