After having sort of solved the mystery of the Maserati I will go on with a Saturday Special of the 935
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(text from Wikipedia)
The
Porsche 935 was introduced in 1976, as the factory racing version of the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_930"]Porsche 911 turbo[/ame] prepared for
FIA-
Group 5 rules. It was an evolution of the Porsche Carrera RSR 2.1 turbo prototype which had scored 2nd overall in the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans"]1974 24 Hours of Le Mans[/ame].
Beginning with the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_World_Championship_for_Makes_season"]1977 season[/ame], Porsche offered the 935 to customers which entered the car in the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_for_Makes"]World Championship for Makes[/ame], in the
IMSA [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMSA_GT_Championship"]GT championship[/ame] and in the German [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Rennsport_Meisterschaft"]Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft[/ame] (DRM). The 935 went on to win the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_24_Hours_of_Le_Mans"]1979 24 Hours of Le Mans[/ame] overall, and other major endurance races, including Sebring, Daytona, and the 1000 km Nürburgring. Of the 370
[1] races it was entered, it won 123.
Usually, no other make could challenge the Porsche 935, as due to the availability of customer models, each race at the time typically featured at least five 935s. Racing became entertaining for the crowd at the expense of the diversity of makes. The large [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbocharger"]turbocharger[/ame] was controlled by mechanical [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_injection"]fuel injection[/ame] which caused turbo lag followed shortly by a fireball spitting from the exhaust and an enormous amount of power (up to 800hp). The dominance of the 935 was ended by the FIA rules changes coming in effect in 1982, when the six numbered groups were replaced by only three groups, A, B and C.
Following Text from engl. Wikipedia! (Notice that the car in the little pic is the same car I took a photo of
--> I just realized hehe)
935/77A Customer
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kremer_Racing"]Kremer 935 K2[/ame] of [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Wollek"]Bob Wollek[/ame], an improved version of the 935/77A
Based on the 1976 version, thirteen Porsche 935/77A
[10] were sold to privateer teams in Australia, Italy, France, the US and Germany. Among others, [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne"]Cologne[/ame]-based rivals [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Loos"]Georg Loos[/ame] and [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kremer_Racing"]Kremer Racing[/ame] entered 935 in the 1977
[11] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Rennsport_Meisterschaft"]Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft[/ame] which introduced the Group 5 rules. As the naturally-aspirated [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_E9"]BMW Coupés[/ame] and [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Capri"]Ford Capri[/ame] had pulled out of the Div. I (over 2.0 litre) of the DRM, these Porsche had no serious competition in the big Division until other turbo-charged cars showed up, like the BMW-powered Schnitzer Toyota Celica, or the Zakspeed Ford Capri.
The DRM was a drivers championship, and with equal Porsche customer machinery, no driver could dominate, with meant that despite the customer 934 of 1976 and the 935 since 1977 dominating their Division, the championship was often decided in favour of a small Division pilot. Kremer went on to develop yet another special 935, the K2, and also ran the optional 3.0L engine offered by Porsche, which was connected with a 60 kg more minimal weight, though.
Slightly modified, Porsche sold also customer cars in 1978
[12] and 1979
[13].
