{"id":499363,"date":"2021-08-17T12:37:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T19:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=122237"},"modified":"2025-01-06T00:47:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T00:47:43","slug":"unlikely-le-mans-winnertwice-1995-porsche-wsc-95-spyder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/unlikely-le-mans-winnertwice-1995-porsche-wsc-95-spyder\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlikely Le Mans Winner\u2026Twice\u20141995 Porsche WSC-95 Spyder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/001-6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-765341 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/001-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/001-6.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/001-6-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/001-6-79x100.jpg 79w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/001-6-293x371.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a>Accused of sandbagging at Daytona, two WSC-95 spyders were in storage until called to duty by Team Joest. Porsches by adoption, they took two straight victories at Le Mans in 1996 and \u201997 in some of the company\u2019s most improbable successes.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuoyed by our success at the 1994 Le Mans,\u201d said Porsche racing engineer Norbert Singer, \u201cwe started thinking about supporting the American market with a car for the IMSA championship. 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