{"id":489709,"date":"2007-10-01T05:00:14","date_gmt":"2007-10-01T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=60951"},"modified":"2025-01-06T00:45:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T00:45:45","slug":"product-reviews-66","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-66\/","title":{"rendered":"[Book Review] Porsche 917 &#8211; The Heroes, TheVictories, The Myth"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Porsche 917 &#8211; The Heroes, TheVictories, The Myth<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">By J\u00f6rg Thomas F\u00f6disch, Jost Ne\u00dfh\u00f6ver, Rainer Ro\u00dfbach and Harold Schwarz<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/PR200710-p1-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-608965 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/PR200710-p1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/PR200710-p1-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/PR200710-p1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/PR200710-p1-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/PR200710-p1-1-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/PR200710-p1-1-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/PR200710-p1-1-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/PR200710-p1-1-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/PR200710-p1-1-293x195.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>Without doubt one of the most evocative, iconic\u2026sexy, racecars of the postwar era, the Porsche 917, marked not only a quantum leap in racing speed and technology, but also the true arrival of Porsche as an overall endurance-racing winner.\u00a0While much has been written about this amazing series of cars, this book, produced by a group of German Porsche authorities, examines the technical and racing evolution of the 917, as seen through the eyes of the drivers, team managers and technicians that helped make it the powerhouse of the \u201970s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Written in both German and English, chapters are devoted both to periods of 917 racing, such as the 1971 International Championship of Makes, or the Can-Am, as well as first-person recollections by personalities such as Norbert Singer, Brian Redman, Willi Kauhsen, Gijs van Lennep, Hans Hermann and Herbet Linge, to name just a few.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Printed in a large 12\u201d x 12\u201d format with over 240, rare, color and b\/w photos, this work is visually a fascinating exploration of the 917. While the English translation is, in some places, a little awkward, the content of this book provides a detailed account of the car\u2019s development, as well as many new insights from the men who knew it best.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Available for US$79.95 at (800) 831-1758 or online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bullpublishing.com\">www.bullpublishing.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Porsche 917 &#8211; The Heroes, TheVictories, The Myth By J\u00f6rg Thomas F\u00f6disch, Jost Ne\u00dfh\u00f6ver, Rainer Ro\u00dfbach and Harold Schwarz Without doubt one of the most evocative, iconic\u2026sexy, racecars of the postwar era, the Porsche 917, marked not only a quantum leap in racing speed and technology, but also the true arrival of Porsche as an overall endurance-racing winner.\u00a0While much has been written about this amazing series of cars, this book, produced by a group of German Porsche authorities, examines the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":608964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,16906,11339],"tags":[2942,17152,89,584,22593,3799,22567,17940,3297,22929],"class_list":["post-489709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-porsche","category-product","tag-car-books","tag-car-culture","tag-porsche","tag-porsche-917","tag-porsche-917-featured","tag-porsche-race-cars","tag-porsche-race-cars-featured","tag-product-reviews","tag-products","tag-race-cars-featured"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>[Book Review] Porsche 917 - The Heroes, TheVictories, The Myth<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-66\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[Book Review] Porsche 917 - The Heroes, TheVictories, The Myth\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Porsche 917 &#8211; 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