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Porsche 917<\/h1>\n

The Ultimate Guide<\/h2>\n

The Porsche 917 was a legendary race car that dominated sports car racing in the early 1970s, securing Porsche’s first overall wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and forever etching its name in motorsport history. When the new rules for the International Championship for Sports Cars were made public at the end of 1967, the team in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen decided to build a new race car for the under-five-liter class. It was dominant, scary and probably the most insane racecar ever built.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Driving the 917 was like trying to tame a wild horse<\/p>\n

<p>Jackie Oliver, 917 driver.<\/p><\/small><\/p>\n

It was like driving a rocket<\/p>\n

<p>Brian Redman, Le Mans winner and 917 driver.<\/p><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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