Porsche 908 Dr. Helmut Marko 1970 Schauinslandrennen German road racing photo For Sale

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Porsche 908 Dr. Helmut Marko 1970 Schauinslandrennen German road racing photo:
$9.95

Asuperb and rare photo taken during the 1970 edition of the Schauinslandrennen in Germany. Shownin this great image is the factory Porsche 908 auto.

The Porsche908 was a racing car from Porsche, introduced in 1968 to continue thePorsche 906/Porsche 907/Porsche 910 series of models designed under FerdinandPiech. As the FIA had announced in 1967 to change the rules for the WorldChampionship for Marques by limiting the displacement of prototypes to 3000 cc,as in Formula One, Porsche designed the new 908 as the first Porsche sports carto have an engine with the maximum size allowed. The previous Porsche 907 onlyhad a 2200 cc flat-8 engine with 270 hp. The new 3 litre Flat-8 engineproduced initially 257 kW (350 hp) at 8400 rpm, as well as some teethingproblems. Also, being traditionally air-cooled and with only 2 valves percylinder, it was still down on power compared to more modern F1 designs whichdelivered over 400hp (300kW), but were not suited to last inendurance races. The 908 originally was a closed coupe to provide low drag at fasttracks, but from 1969 on was mainly raced as lighter open spyder named 908/2.In 1970 and 1971, amore compact 908/3 was intended to complement the heavy Porsche 917 on twistytracks tracks that favored nimble cars, like Targa Florio and Nürburgring. Soldoff to privateers for 1972, various 908 were entered until the early 1980s,often retro-fitted with Porsche 934-based 2.1 litre turbo engines.Despite winning the 1000km Nürburgring, the 908 was anything but convincing in1968. The older and smaller 2200 cc 907 had started the season with dominatingwins and later delivered better results than Porsche\'s first serious attempt inthe top prototype category. Meanwhile, old 4.7-litre Ford GT40 were winningseveral races on the faster tracks, with the Ford P68 being a failure, Ferrariremaining absent, and the Alfa 33 still with 2000cc. As sports cars with up to5000 cc would be allowed in 1969 if at least 25 (compared to 50 in 1968) of them had beenproduced, Porsche decided to go one step further and build the required 25 carsfor the 5000 cc sports car category - the new Porsche 917. This riskyinvestment should take about a year, though, and the 908 was supposed todeliver results in the meantime. The 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans were postponedfrom June to end of September due to political unrest in France, setting up thestage for a showdown between the 908s and the GT40s. For the first time, thesePorsche 908 LH Long Tails were the fastest in qualifying and the early stagesof the race, but it showed that Porsche had not taken advantage of theadditional time to improve the 908. Troubles with the alternator caused delaysand even disqualifications as the new Porsche team leaders had misinterpretedthe repair rules. Once again, a V8-powered Ford won, a 907 Long Tail came insecond in front of the sole surviving 908. In addition, Ford had again taken theWorld Sportscar Championship, too. For 1969, the prototype rules were changed,and Porsche lowered the weight of the 908/02 spyder by 100kg (220lb), removing theroof and the long tails. Aluminium tube frames were used, with air pressuregauges to check them. The 1969 24 Hours of Daytona were a disaster for Porsche,as all three 908/02 failed, and two Lola T70 won. At the 12 Hours of Sebring, aFord GT40 and the new Ferrari 312P Prototype was faster. At that time, the morepowerful Porsche 917 was introduced in Geneva,and it seemed that the career of the 908 was now over. But with the big brotherhaving arrived, the 908 started to succeed. The next race was the BOAC 500 atBrands Hatch, were the 908 finally were successful, winning 1-2-3. With additional wins at the1000km Monza, the Targa Florio, the 1000km Spa and an overwhelming 1-2-3-4-5 atthe 1000km Nürburgring, the 1969 World Sportscar Championship season wassecured by the 908/02, while the Porsche 917 had teething problems. On theother hand, the all-important 24 hours of Le Mans were again won by a Ford GT40 in 1969, as the917s had gearbox troubles after leading for many hours. Yet, a 908 challenged forthe win, as Hans Herrmann came in as a very close 2nd behind Jacky Ickx.Herrmann\'s 908 low drag coupé was fast on the straights, but near the race endthe brake pads wore down, indicated by a light that was introduced with the908s. The team gambled on not changing the pads, which allowed Ickx to passunder braking. Despite the more powerful 917 getting better towards the end of1969, the career of the 908 would continue. On rather twisty and slow trackslike Nürburgring and Targa Florio, the 917 was not suited well even after beingmodified to the \"917K\". So rather than trying to make \"one sizefit all\", Porsche built dedicated cars for each type of racing track.Based upon the lightweight and short Porsche 909 which was used in hillclimbing,the new open cockpit version named 908/3 was an even shorter spyder than the908/2. In 1970 and 1971, this version was entered successfully in the 1000 km and the Targa,where typical speeds were only about half of the 240mph (390km/h) which the917LH long tails could achieve at Le Mans. With the combination of the powerful 917 and thelightweight 908, Porsche dominated the championships from 1969 until 1971. The908/02 in which Steve McQueen finished second at the 1970 12 Hours of Sebringwas also used as a camera car for the Le Mans (film) in the race itself. Steve McQueen was notallowed to drive a Porsche 917, though. In 1971, fins were added to the 908which were now outpaced at the Targa by two Alfa Romeo Tipo 33. All entered908s crashed, but Vic Elford had managed to set fastest lap. The next race atthe \'Ring saw a 1-2-3 of the 908 in front of two Alfas, but with Alfa scoring wins inBrands Hatch and at Watkins Glen, it was proven that these prototypes couldeven beat the 917s. For 1972, the 5000 cc loop hole rule was discontinued, andthe 917 as well as its main rival Ferrari 512 became obsolete. In the 3000ccprototype category, Porsche\'s main advantage was the low weight, as the enginewas underpowered with 370hp (280kW). The new rules required a muchhigher weight (650kg(1,400lb)) than Porsche could achieve (well under 600kg(1,300lb)), giving the advantage to Ferrari 312PB, Alfa Romeo T33TT andMatra with their more powerful F1-derived engines that had 420hp(310kW) or more even in endurance trim. Porsche decided to discontinuethe 20 year old history of factory racing and sold the 908/03 cars tocustomers. Besides developing the 917/10 turbo for CanAm, Zuffenhausen focusedon the development of the already aging Porsche 911, testing the 911 flat-6with turbochargers. Yet, a Porsche 908LH Coupé was entered by Reinhold Joest inthe 1972 24 Hours of Le Mans,finishing a strong 3rd with the 3 year old car. Customers continued to raceseveral 908/3, fitted with extra weight as required by the rules. In 1975, some908 were fitted with turbo-engines, similar to the one used in the Porsche 934.Even with 2.1 litreand a turbo factor of 1.4, the turbos by now outpowered normally aspirated 3 litre engines. Takingadvantage of that, the factory developed a new spyder, the Porsche 936 of 1976.Unlike the 934 and 935, they did not offer the 936 for sale, entering it in afew races only, mostly at Le Mans.Several customer-908s were upgraded with 936-style bodywork. The Porsche 908/80Turbo of Joest and Jacky Ickx which finished 2nd in the 1980 24 Hours of LeMans turned out later to have a real Porsche 936 chassis, though. The 908 haswon the 1000km Nürburgring in three decades, four years in a row from 1968 to1971, and again in 1980, now with Turbo-Power. Porsche 908s were still runcompetitively in 1982, aremarkable feat for a car that was introduced in 1968 and at that time intendedto become obsolete after 1969! 908s are still raced today in eg. the ClassicEndurance Racing (CER) series.

Thisis a very nice and very rare non period photo that reflects a wonderful era of Porsche‘s automotive history in a wonderful way.This is your rare chance to ownthis photo, therefore it is printedin a nice large format ofca. 8\" x 12\" (ca. 20 x 30 cm). It makes it perfectly suitable for framing.

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