It scored outright wins in the 1979 24 Hours of Le Mans, and won the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring six times each. A 935 K2 was converted to street legal specification and featured identical to the 935/78 "Moby Dick". Coming in second was a factory spec model, driven by Rolf Stommelen, and supported by team owner Dick Barbour and actor Paul Newman. Add to Cart. The factory 935 also scored the pole, fastest lap and win at the six-hour Vallelunga, where a BMW was second and the best 934 finished fifth. Porsche now had three wins and two seconds equaling ninety points, which meant that only another win could add five more points to their tally. September 5: John Paul Jr. drives the Porsche 935 JLP-3 during the Lumbermans 6 Hour Camel GT IMSA race on September 5, 1982, at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course near Lexington, Ohio. II of the DRM, to prove that Porsche could also compete in that class. Porsches occupied the first seven places ahead of a BMW in eighth, which according to the points scheme meant that Porsche had now twenty points, and BMW three. David Hinton, Clearwater, FL., 1952 Jaguar XK; 2. Inside it actually has many GT2 components such as a 3.8 TT built by Bob Holcomb, GT2 6 speed transmission and the complete double wish-bone 993 rear suspension module was ⦠The 1983 Australian GT Championship was won by the same 935 which Jones drove to the 1982 title, this time in the hands of touring car driver Rusty French. Co-driving a Brumos Porsche 935-77A with Peter Gregg and Toine Hezemans, Stomellen and the team were on their way to setting race records for both speed and total laps completed until the team made a late pit stop to clean the car and add fresh stickers then later slowed to allow other Porsches to come together for a checkered flag formation. A little scary...a difficult race car with an experimental engine producing 700 horsepower." Peter Gregg in a Porsche 935 during the IMSA race held at Brainerd International Raceway on June 18, 1978 in Brainerd, Minnesota. 0) on the pole position with the No. Rolf Stommelen, who was recovering from his bad crash in the 1975 Spanish GP, was the backup, along with Manfred Schurti. The Porsche 935 is still raced in championships alongside more modern cars, such as the GT Cup Championship, in which Richard Chamberlain pilots a 935 for CTR Developments in the GTO class. Haywood made his fourth visit to victory lane in the race. Before being retired to the museum, the Moby Dick was also entered at Vallelunga and at the Norisring, the annual highlight of the DRM series, but the twisty track around the Nuremberg Reichsparteitag grand stand proved to be quite difficult for the Moby Dick, and it failed to finish. By 1985 the days of the 935 were mostly over, as it could hardly be modified to a groundeffect design even with a tube frame chassis, with the rear-mounted flat 6 prohibiting a diffuser, an issue which also affects modern 911 race cars. Construction went well, and ten days prior to Riverside in 1982 they took the car to Willow Springs Raceway in California for a test prior to the race. In Dijon, the turbo of BMW Motorsport was back, now with the 3.5 L CSL, and this time the fast Swedes Peterson and Nilsson put it on the pole, half a second ahead of Ickx. The 1,000 km Nürburgring, usually consisting of 44 laps, was run in 1976 as a 47 lap 1,073 km race, putting even more strain on the new Group 5 machinery. With the new 3.2 L engine,[2] it was the fastest car on the straight in Le Mans, recording a top speed of 367 km/h (228 mph),[19] passing the prototypes of Renault Alpine, as well as the teammate 936, as these Group 6 cars had 2.1 L engines with just over 373 kW (507 PS; 500 hp), equal to normal 3.0 L engines. 0 car actually ran in the race, with drivers Field, Danny Ongais and Bill Wittington parking the car with mechanical problems after just 55 laps. [citation needed]. January 1982: The Interscope Racing team Porsche 935 K3-80s owned by Ted Field take to the infield road course for practice laps before the 24 Hour Pepsi Challenge. At the time, Zakspeed-Ford and Schnitzer-BMW were in transition from the naturally aspirated 2.0 L 4-cylinder engine rated at about 224 kW (305 PS; 300 hp) to 1.4 litre turbocharged engines rated at an excess of 261 kW (355 PS; 350 hp). Type of Ad: Vehicles for Sale Make: Porsche Model: 935 Remove All. February 4, 1978: The Porsche 935 77-A of Dick Barbour, Manfred Schurti and Johnny Rutherford pits with body damage during the 24 Hours of Daytona at Daytona International Speedway. The ferocious Porsche 935 Group 5 race car was introduced in single-turbo form in 1976, succeeding the similarly powered but difficult-to-manage 934, and proved dominant internationally until outdated in ⦠Porsche still had a narrow lead in the points standings, but only the best five of the seven events would count. Porsche 935 (2019) Championship is a limited-time series accessible through the WELCOME TO REAL RACING tab. In its third attempt, Renault finally managed to beat Porsche, and then went on to focus on F1. Visually itâs a 935 K3. 935 Raised Rear Window Roof Overlay Kremer K3 Style . January 30-31, 1982: The Porsche 935 K3 of Mauricio de Narvaez, Jeff Wood and car owner Bob Garretson negotiates the infield road course of Daytona International Speedway at night during the running of the 24 Hour Pepsi Challenge. Of the 370 races it was entered, it won 123.[1]. The 935 and 936 had each won its championship, and Le Mans, too. May 3: Gianpiero Moretti drives the MOMO/Penthouse Porsche 935/78-81 JR-001 during the IMSA GT race at Laguna Seca Raceway near Monterey, California, on May 3, 1981. The LED taillights are shared with the 919 Hybrid LMP1 racer, side mirrors from the 911 RSR and titanium tailpipes harking back to the 1968 908/01. The young and very talented Klaus Ludwig drove the car to a ⦠With this version, the pair of Mass/Ickx won the test race, the 6 hours of Silverstone Circuit, the pole (1:22,38) and fastest lap (1:23,98 or 202,519 km/h), being only 4 seconds slower than the corresponding times of James Hunt in the 1977 British Grand Prix, which covered only a quarter of the distance. The most notable changes for the 935 ⦠With the appearance of GTP cars in 1981, the 935 was still competitive through 1983. Road & Track participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. I also have the original laying around and I´m about to sell off those 935 heads and mount the orginal instead. An overhead view from the grandstand of the Porsche 935 which was driven to second place by Rolf Stommelen, Dick Barbour and Paul Newman. February 3-4, 1980: The eventual race-winning Porsche 935J of Reihold Joest, Rolf Stommellen and Volkert Merl comes to the attention of its pit crew during the 24 Hour Pepsi Challenge at Daytona International Speedway. 1989 DP935 II, one of only 4 long windshield ⦠Rolf Stommelen was brought over to test the car. At the end of the year in the Sports Car/GT Challenge support races for the 1983 Australian Grand Prix, Jones, driving a 935 K4 imported to Australia from America by John Fitzpatrick racing especially for the meeting, easily won both 15 lap races. Everyone was excited, and expected this would just be a formality confirming how good the car was. Because of its white color and long tail shape optimised for low drag, the 935/78 was often nicknamed Moby-Dick. February 5, 1978: Rolf Stommelen prepares to leave the pits during the running of the 24 Hours of Daytona at Daytona International Speedway. I (over 2.0 litre) of the DRM, these Porsches had no serious competition in the big division until other turbo-charged cars like the BMW-powered Schnitzer, Toyota Celica and the Zakspeed Ford Capri debuted. Visually itâs a 935 K3. Dubbed the Porsche 935 K3, the new racing car was ready in time for the 1979 Zolder round of the German Sportscar Championship. 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In the first outing at Norisring[15][16] in early July 1977, both the new car with Jacky Ickx behind the wheel had problems due to overheating. The four-wheel-drive 959, and its racing counterpart 961, can be considered high-tech successors to the 935, but Group B never got a circuit racing series, and was only used in rallying before being banned there due to a fatal accident. At Watkins Glen, the regular race chassis 002 of Mass and Ickx needed modification to the brakes derived from the brakes of the 917, and the test chassis 001 of Stommelen and Schurti won, with the best BMW being fourth. [22] Originally purchased by the owner of Golds Gym in 1986 from Auto Saloon 2000 in Miami for nearly $200,000USD. The 935 went on to win the 1979 24 Hours of Le Mans overall, and other major endurance races, including Sebring, Daytona, and the 1,000 km Nürburgring. Among others, Cologne-based rivals Georg Loos and Kremer Racing entered 935s in the 1977[12] Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft which introduced the Group 5 rules. Again the transmission was not as strong as the Bavarian Motor Works 750 hp engine, failing before the first of the six hours had passed. The Porsche 935 The Porsche 935 won over 150 races worldwide, with more than 20 class victories. February 6: The Porsche 935L driven by A.J. However, after carefully studying the rulebooks, Porsche engineers, namely Norbert Singer, discovered a loophole regarding the modifications of fenders that gave them the liberty to remove the headlights to reduce drag and create more downforce, to which the venting slits contribute. February 6, 1977: The factory Porsche 935 of Jacky Ickx, Jochen Mass and Juergen Barth sits wrecked just off the banking of Daytona International Speedway after a late-race incident during the 24 Hours of Daytona. February 5-6, 1977: This Porsche 935 was entered by the Posche factory of Stuttgart, Germany for drivers Jacky Ickx, Jochen Mass and Juergen Barth to run in the 24 Hours of Daytona at Daytona International Speedway. [citation needed] Only a handful of 935's remained, and the car was no longer competitive with the already developed GTP cars. The 935 driven by Stommelen and Schurti qualified third and, despite the weight and drag of a Group 5 silhouette, finished fourth overall, with one of the Porsche 936s taking the win. Preseason testing at the fast Paul Ricard circuit showed a top speed of 183 mph (295 km/h).[4]. Danny Ongais in a Porsche 935 qualifies for the IMSA race held on June 17, 1979 at Brainerd International Raceway in Brainerd, Minnesota. After Group 5 was discontinued by FIA after 1982, the 935 continued to race in IMSA's GTP category, usually entered by smaller privateer names, who were not permitted by IMSA regulations to race the new Group C 956 because of the footbox location relative to the front axle (footbox was ahead, in violation of the IMSA rule where it must be behind the front axle). Without a competitive third brand, the winner of the final round would take the world championship. The Hawaiian Tropic 935, driven by the unique team of car owner Dick Barbour, Paul Newman, and Rolf Stommelen, became an important piece of Porsche and Le Mans history. For 1979, they introduced the 935 K3 (for "Kremer Type 3"; the derivative of the successful K2). The 935 also took Porsche to victory in the FIA World Championship for Makes each year from 1976 to 1979. Derek Bell set the fastest lap in the Kremer 935, but nonetheless two BMW coupés won ahead of a private 934. The new car body was changed significantly to lower drag, resulting in a 10 km/h higher top speed at Paul Ricard, where it covered 3,500 km in tests at speed, lapping three to four seconds faster. February 4, 1980: Car owner Reinhold Joest combined with Rolf Stommellen and Volkert Merl to drive this Porsche 935J to victory in the 24 Hour Pepsi Challenge at Daytona International Speedway. Watch some Porsche 935 K3s in action on track during Spa Classic 2017 and Imola Classic 2015! The Porsche 917 is considered one of the most iconic racing cars of all time and gave Porsche their first 24 Hours of Le Mans win, while open-top versions of it dominated Can-Am racing. February 3: A pit stop for the Porsche 935 K3 of Dale Whittington, Don Whittington and Bill Whittington during the 24 Hours of Daytona on February 3, 1980, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Although they were 30 laps behind the winning Brumos Porsche, the team still finished second overall. What are the "fair value" of a set genuine porsche 935 ⦠After the second race, the CSI rule makers insisted that the "whale tail" hood of the road-going 930 must fit on the race car. Shop Online. As this track, like most, was run clockwise, the driver seat was moved over to the right side for better weight distribution and sight in right-hand corners, like Dunlop, Tertre Rouge and Mulsanne, another distinctive feature of the 1978 model. Despite the incident, the team still wound up in 21st place and third in the Group 5 class. The age of turbocharged engines had begun in endurance racing. #10 Cadillac Wins Petit Le Mans As Leaders Wreck, #7 Acura, #24 BMW Lead Petit Le Mans at Halfway, Where To Watch The Bathurst 1000 And Other Racing, Chase Elliott Wins Wet-into-Dry Roval Race, Watch Tommy Kendall Explain A Simulated Roval. In 1982 Alan Jones, the 1980 Formula One World Champion, drove a 935 to victory in the 1982 Australian GT Championship. [3] The 935's engine was a 418 kW (568 PS; 561 hp) (at 7,900 rpm) version of the regular 3.0 L flat-six, with 60 mkp (438lb-ft, 588Nm) torque at 5,400 rpm. The series would be demoted to a European series in 1978 before being discontinued. Neither car would be around at the finish. The 515 kW (700 hp) racer featuring a body reminiscent of the legendary Porsche 935/78 will be produced in a limited number of 77 units. Porsche Connect. Beginning with the 1977 season, Porsche offered the 935 to customers entering the World Championship for Makes, in the IMSA GT Championship and in the German Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft (DRM). The specific Kremer K2 was auctioned off at Mecum Monterey Auction 2015 for an unknown amount.[23]. For 1976, endurance racing had two world championships: the 1976 FIA World Championship for Makes for Group 5 special production cars, and the 1976 World Sportscar Championship season for Group 6 prototypes up to 3.0 L. Accordingly, the 935 and the new Porsche 936 were the two-pronged Porsche effort for 1976 which was sponsored by Martini Racing, which had already supported Porsche 917 or 908 entries in 1970 and 1971, like the 1971 Le Mans winner. Add to Cart. Apps and Entertainment. In changing weather conditions, Jacky Ickx set pole by almost three seconds and won with 50 seconds, setting fastest lap in the process. Porsche 935 Gianpiero Moretti / Jochen Mass - Porsche 935/78-81 [JR-001] - Momo/Penthouse (Joest Racing) - Los Angeles Times/Toyota Grand Prix of Endurance Riverside - Riverside 6 Hours - 1981 ⦠This "flat nose" (also known as the "slant nose") with headlights in the front spoiler, became the distinguishing feature of the 935 and was later offered on the roadgoing 930 as the flachbau, or "flatnose", part of Porsche's sonderwunsch, or "special wish" program. 8 car did not start the race, the No. Inside it actually has many GT2 components such as a 3.8 TT built by Bob Holcomb, GT2 6 speed transmission and the complete double wish-bone 993 rear suspension module was expertly grafted into the 911 tub. Add to Cart. After a few laps, Rolf came in, and told everyone the car was impossible to drive quickly, as the chassis was flexing. Initially, Porsche ran the 935 with the 911's original fender-mounted headlights, in two different guises: a sprint version with a wider version of its wheel arches, and a high speed version with modified aerodynamics. Awaiting rule changes taking effect in 1982, Porsche did not officially enter in 1979 or 1980, granting only some limited support to customer efforts with the 935, 936 and even decade-old 908 and 917, mainly in form of spare parts, engines and know-how, which by then was rather dated. At the 1978 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 935 qualified third, barely beaten by a Renault Alpine and a 936. Due to the head gasket failures of the 1977 version, Porsche parted with their air cooling tradition and introduced water-cooled cylinder heads in the 1978 engine, and equipped them with four valves as well. That was not what they ⦠Parallel to the factory in 1976, they had built a 935 K1, and in 1977, modified their customer 935 to the K2.
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