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Porsche debuted the 962 at the 1984 24 Hours of Daytona with Mario and Michael Andretti driving the factory car which led the race until it retired during lap 127 with engine and gearbox problems. The first 962 to appear at Le Mans and indeed in Europe was also in 1984 when American Preston Henn entered one in the IMSA GTP class.
Porsche exploited an unusual quirk in the GT regulations at the time, using German fashion magnate Jochen Dauer in a plan to have a street-legal version of the dated Porsche 962 built. Using this road car design, Porsche entered two converted 962 chassis in the GT category as Dauer 962 Le Mans. With factory support, the Dauer 962 was able to ...
The Porsche “class” of Category 3 provided 8 entries while the Category 4 promised nine cars but only delivered three. This all rustled up a medium-sized field of 44 entries but come race-week only 30 arrived for scrutineering – another disappointing race-low matching those of the entry low of 1932.
This year the Rothmans Porsche works team arrived with an improved car ahead, not yet released to their customer teams. Their 962 now sported a fully water-cooled 3-litre engine. The chassis also changed from a 16"/19" front-rear wheel diameter to 16" all round, to allow more air to the redesigned, and lower, rear-wing.
Richard Lloyd Racing (RLR), originally named GTi Engineering, was a British auto racing team created in 1977 by driver Richard Lloyd. [1] Originally named for the Volkswagen Golf GTIs that Lloyd raced in the British Saloon Car Championship (BSCC), they went on to become a successful Porsche privateer in the World Sportscar Championship (WSC).
Porsche 962C Y: 58 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 17 C 27 Obermaier Racing: Otto Altenbach Jürgen Lässig: Porsche 962C G: 58 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 18 C 34 Equipe Alméras Fréres Jacques Alméras Jean-Marie Alméras: Porsche 962C G: 57 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 19 DNF C 12 Courage Compétition: Denis Morin Bernard ...
Porsche 962: 745 3 GTP 16 Dyson Racing: Price Cobb Rob Dyson Vern Schuppan: Porsche 962: 742 4 DNF GTP 1 A. J. Foyt Enterprises: A. J. Foyt Al Unser Danny Sullivan: Porsche 962: 723 5 GTP 10 Hotchkis Racing, Inc. Jim Adams John Hotchkis John Hotchkis Jr. Porsche 962: 719 6 GTP 5 Bob Akin Racing Hans-Joachim Stuck James Weaver Bob Akin: Porsche ...
Although the works Porsche team locked out the front row of the grid, the Joest car (victor in 1984 and 1985) took the challenge to them from the start of the race and holding the lead till nightfall. The Jaguar team was competitive but gradually fell behind, leading the rest of the field until forced out with transmission and suspension problems.