Back in 2011, my book, Porsche at Le Mans: Sixty Years of Porsche Participation In The Greatest Motor Race, was published, and it quickly sold out. Porsche at Le Mans was short-listed as a finalist in the British Motorsports Book of the Year awards at a ceremony in London. So when I was asked by Motorbooks International (Quarto Knows) to update this to 'Porsche at Le Mans 70 … [Read more...]
Porsche 956/962
“Towards the end of the ‘70s a lack of manufacturer enthusiasm to develop new cars for the existing Group 5 and Group 6 categories loomed. For Porsche, 1976 and 1977 saw victories at Le Mans with the 936 but in 1978 Renault snatched a win with the A442, while Kremer revelled in the glory of an unexpected victory in 1979 with their 935 K3. After the 1979 season, the three … [Read more...]