Gulf Lemans Porsche 917 Wallpaper
With the 917 Porsche had high hopes for capturing an overall victory at the grueling 24 Hour of LeMans.
Gulf lemans porsche 917 wallpaper. File2006FOS 1970Porsche917KGulfjpg - Wikimedia Commons. Used to think the Miura or 300SLR was the prettiest front engined car but. Rebuilt in 917 Spyder specification at the Porsche factory in 1971.
1970 Le Mans Porsche 917. Porsche had seen success with its 904 907 and 908 race cars. Gulf went on to win the 24 hours of Le Mans again in 1975 sponsoring the Mirage Ford driven by Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell and returned to Le Mans again with Derek in 1994 when he drove a Kremer Porsche K8 to sixth place.
On August 1314 at the Monterey Conference Center a genuine Gulf-Porsche 917K that raced at Le Mans in 1970 with John Wyers legendary Gulf Oil. Steve McQueens film Le Mans gave the Gulf Porsche 917 iconic status. Retro Porsche 917 Gulf Racing Colours Sports Car Racing Racing Porsche 917 Gulf Vintage Racing Le.
These cars had done very well on the race track though some were plagued with mechanical difficulties and other growing pains which may have held them from realizing their true potential. The car gave Porsche its first overall wins at Le Mans in 1970 and 1971 with this distinctive Gulf-liveried 917 coming second in 71 driven by Richard Attwood and Herbert Mller. Model Porsche 917 is begining 1969 in Germany.
Download free Porsche wallpapers and desktop backgrounds. Immortalised as the winning car in Steve McQueens 1971 Solar Productions film Le Mans. Prices are updated when logged into the webiste.
Automotive 917s at Daytona though a third 917 photo in white and orange instead of the blue and orange of the JW-Gulf cars was entered by Porsche of Austria-the Piech wing of Porsche. A great photo taken at Daytona in 1970 where the new Porsche 917K made its debut. Gulf logo 917 art - by request Gulf 917.