{"id":498778,"date":"2020-06-16T14:08:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T21:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=107628"},"modified":"2025-01-06T00:47:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T00:47:37","slug":"1977-porsche-936-against-all-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1977-porsche-936-against-all-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"1977 Porsche 936 &#8211; Against All Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/logo-e1592338149320.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-695545 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/logo-e1592338149320.jpg\" alt=\" Pete Austin\" width=\"615\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/logo-e1592338149320.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/logo-e1592338149320-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/logo-e1592338149320-84x100.jpg 84w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/logo-e1592338149320-293x348.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a>In 1977, Porsche\u2019s \u201cimprovised\u201d Type 936\/77 took on the full-court press of four Renaults at Le Mans. Retirements and technical troubles suggested that winning was out of the question. But neither its drivers nor Porsche number 4 believed that.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[dropcap]A[\/dropcap]gainst strong opposition from Alpine-Renault and Alfa Romeo, Porsche took the world sports car championship in 1976 with its 936. This was a car it had \u201cimprovised,\u201d said Ernst Fuhrmann, made from parts from one car and another, \u201cjust to stop others from having it too easy.\u201d<\/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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This was a car it had \u201cimprovised,\u201d said Ernst Fuhrmann, made from parts from one car and another, \u201cjust to stop [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":695523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,3766,11272,261,16906,18207],"tags":[17140,548,11899,12572,89,20710,6564,2092,22601,3799,22567,1148,22929,17143],"class_list":["post-498778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-history","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-porsche","category-special-feature","tag-members-only","tag-motorsport","tag-jacky-ickx","tag-jurgen-barth","tag-porsche","tag-porsche-featured","tag-porsche-history","tag-porsche-936","tag-porsche-936-featured","tag-porsche-race-cars","tag-porsche-race-cars-featured","tag-24-hours-of-le-mans","tag-race-cars-featured","tag-special-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>1977 Porsche 936 - Against All Odds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Karl Ludvigsen examines the 1977 Porsche 936, a car updated to compete only at Le Mans, and which overcame staggering obstacles to emerge an unlikely winner.\" \/>\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\/1977-porsche-936-against-all-odds\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1977-porsche-936-against-all-odds\/2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"1977 Porsche 936 - Against All Odds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Karl Ludvigsen examines the 1977 Porsche 936, a car updated to compete only at Le Mans, and which overcame staggering obstacles to emerge an unlikely winner.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1977-porsche-936-against-all-odds\/\" \/>\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=\"2020-06-16T21:08:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-06T00:47:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/936_77MR-e1592338345605-1080x586-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"586\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Karl Ludvigsen\" \/>\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=\"Karl Ludvigsen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"22 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/1977-porsche-936-against-all-odds\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/1977-porsche-936-against-all-odds\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Karl Ludvigsen\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ea984f0fc364a5febb746a964e82a584\"},\"headline\":\"1977 Porsche 936 &#8211; 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