{"id":753174,"date":"2015-12-17T21:43:19","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T21:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=753174"},"modified":"2024-12-08T15:34:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T15:34:03","slug":"book-review-porsche-908-the-long-distance-runner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/book-review-porsche-908-the-long-distance-runner\/","title":{"rendered":"[Book Review] Porsche 908: The Long Distance Runner"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Porsche 908: The Long Distance Runner<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">By J\u00f6rg Thomas F\u00f6disch and Harold Schwarz<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PR200908-p3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-700758\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PR200908-p3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PR200908-p3.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PR200908-p3-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PR200908-p3-1024x934.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PR200908-p3-100x91.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PR200908-p3-770x702.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/PR200908-p3-293x267.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>Perhaps Porsche\u2019s 908 is remembered more for a race it lost than any of the many it won, but it remains the car that first established the marque as a constant threat for overall honors. That race is, of course, the 1969 24 Hours of Le Mans, where Hans Herrmann\u2019s 908 fell just short of victory after an electrifying late duel with Jacky Ickx\u2019s Ford GT40.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Built to the FIA\u2019s 1968 regulations for Group 6, the 908 evolved from the 906 and formed the basis of the 917\u2014as well as three of its own variations. It originally carried a 3.0-liter flat 8, but was subsequently fitted with a variety of engines, including the potent twin turbo flat 6 from the 935. Jo Siffert took an early version around the N\u00fcrburgring inside the F1 lap record, and 908s were still running competitively 20 years later.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Peter Albrecht\u2019s first English translation of the original German work by F\u00f6disch and Schwarz chronicles all that history and much more, featuring many first-person accounts as well as contemporary reports. The package is illustrated with heretofore unseen photography from the Porsche archives and elsewhere, and completed with the inclusion of the 908\u2019s full competition history.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Available for US$89.95 (\u00a345) at enthusiast bookstores, as well as direct from publisher, Veloce Publishing at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.veloce.co.uk\">www.veloce.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Porsche 908: The Long Distance Runner By J\u00f6rg Thomas F\u00f6disch and Harold Schwarz Perhaps Porsche\u2019s 908 is remembered more for a race it lost than any of the many it won, but it remains the car that first established the marque as a constant threat for overall honors. That race is, of course, the 1969 24 Hours of Le Mans, where Hans Herrmann\u2019s 908 fell just short of victory after an electrifying late duel with Jacky Ickx\u2019s Ford GT40. 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