Le Mans

Jacky Ickx’s Legendary Comeback: Porsche 936 and the Miracle of Le Mans 1977

The 1977 24 Hours of Le Mans began as a nightmare for Porsche. Of the three factory-entered cars, two retired early—one due to a blown head gasket, another to engine failure. The remaining 936-001, suffering from a failed fuel pump, lost nine laps and fell back to 41st place.

Porsche 917/20, Nickname ‘Pink Pig’

The one-off Porsche 917/20 is special among the various 917 versions. Porsche engineers, together with the French company SERA, took on the challenge of combining the advantages of the short-tail and long-tail versions of the 917.