{"id":489736,"date":"2007-10-01T18:00:50","date_gmt":"2007-10-02T01:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=61257"},"modified":"2024-12-16T14:44:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T14:44:42","slug":"derek-bell-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/derek-bell-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Derek Bell"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Derek Bell initially made a name for himself, racing in open-wheeled cars including Formula 2 and Formula 1. However, it is long-distance sports car racing, particularly in Porsches, where Bell forged his legacy as a champion with five overall victories at Le Mans, three victories in the 24 Hours of Daytona and back-to-back World Sports Car championships in 1986 and 1987. Recently, Ed McDonough spent the day at Silverstone with Bell, testing a Porsche 956 and 962, and learned more about the vast new ground forged with the 956\/962 program.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_609982\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-609982\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/INT200710-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-609982 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/INT200710-p1.jpg\" alt=\"Derek Bell\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/INT200710-p1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/INT200710-p1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/INT200710-p1-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/INT200710-p1-293x410.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-609982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Derek Bell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>What was your first experience with the Porsche 956 like?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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Recently, Ed McDonough spent the day at Silverstone with Bell, testing a Porsche 956 and 962, and learned more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":109,"featured_media":609980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11272,18114],"tags":[679,11388,1205,548,18435,12026,12218,11447,11361,11899,12636,12691,11970,16462,89,2097,22604,1148,10861,524,12021,506,11456],"class_list":["post-489736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-members-only","category-people","tag-imsa","tag-kyalami","tag-lancia","tag-motorsport","tag-people","tag-al-holbert","tag-bob-wollek","tag-derek-bell","tag-hans-stuck","tag-jacky-ickx","tag-jochen-mass","tag-paul-ricard","tag-vern-schuppan","tag-interview","tag-porsche","tag-porsche-956","tag-porsche-956-featured","tag-24-hours-of-le-mans","tag-daytona-24-hours","tag-daytona","tag-mulsanne-straight","tag-silverstone","tag-f2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Derek Bell<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ed McDonough speaks with the 4-time Le Mans champion about what it was like racing for Porsche during the heady days of the 956\/962 campaign.\" \/>\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\/derek-bell-2\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/derek-bell-2\/2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Derek Bell\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ed McDonough speaks with the 4-time Le Mans champion about what it was like racing for Porsche during the heady days of the 956\/962 campaign.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/derek-bell-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-10-02T01:00:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-16T14:44:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/INT200710-p2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"590\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ed McDonough\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ed McDonough\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"16 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/derek-bell-2\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/derek-bell-2\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ed McDonough\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/011d7505e6bfb08c26631ce799da7d56\"},\"headline\":\"Derek Bell\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-10-02T01:00:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-16T14:44:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/derek-bell-2\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":3413,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/derek-bell-2\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2007\\\/10\\\/INT200710-p2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"(IMSA) International Motor Sports Association\",\"Kyalami\",\"Lancia\",\"Motorsport &amp; 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