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ocTotsER,1998/5 ,Iohn Wean's l97l 90810:J irt Mtu'tirti Iircru. The 90t1, in ull its lin:rns, u'us o mainstall of Pu'sche contpetiti ott htnn I 969 thnruglr 1971. takine u buck scat only to the porerful 917. ntu'e .2 ..'.4! l' lr- i. I

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i,: I-:,!Lr1rl. 1ri'olitling tl'rc human realit)' beliind I',,r':tht,'. .l0th annir-crsar)' celebi'ation at the \l,rrttrt,)' Historic Iiaces, as a1'e L)ci'ck Bcll. Bi'ian lli,rlnran. .Iack McAfcc, Joe liuzzetta. Hut'1ev Hiil u',ror1. (ieorgc lirlhlei' an(l man)' otl.iet's. -{11 ale pivotal plai'ei's in Porsche's histrir'1: Bcll is a i'ile-tirne uinnel o1' Li: Mar-rs. Hayr-ood is sinrplr. the rnost successfirl enrlulancc i'acci' in histoi'r'. Rerltnan nitl.r pai'tneri'.lr Sillclt broiLght Poi'sche its fir'st Wcl'ld Mannlactut'crs title in 1!Xil). An icon in Anrei'icnn spolts c:rl lacing. .Jacli McAl'ee \\'zis one of the fii'st ';,i,:,:;,!,:,i;,',,1:,',,:;';;,:,:,,i:[i:li:lr:i,i!;:!ii!!ii,: ('oast 's st:u's of West competition di'iving Porsche spy- /'rrt'st lir ( ra'tr trt t'il'::l'::.;"t,';:;ll"iu'i'n,,-.1,,, ,nr. rlels. In thc '(iOs u-hen Porsche blonglit fir-e cai's aud I irtrr. u hilt Hn11tt'rxtl 1ttltttc ten dlilei's to the st:u't o1'everv lacc. .Joe fluzzetta r'v:ts z

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The best roce of the t t tkend was the battle hetu'een the factory's i1rqeil llarth in a 9IlST :rtrl Ilurley Haguood in q 1971 91416. Hctguood cortght llartlt ot the tirrish line on the last lup to take the uin.

.: (lnl)' American ch'iver chosen by legenclarv race their Zuffenhausen lruseLllr to Montei'er; to be ioinecl ss Huschke von Hanstein as a lnembei'of the team. bv hundleds of plivatelr- ou'ned Polsche racc cai's, fbr l1mei'gave Porsche the first Can-Am championship the biggest, most glittering Poi'sche birthday pai'ty of 11t72. 5r'",,'t' Vic Elforcl u.ith Porsche's fii'st Monte the centur'1i :,r'lo Ilallv win, along u.ith r,,.ins at the Targa Florin, "Sensoi'1, o\rei'load" is the I'ir.st phrase uttei.ed b.y :r'.'tona and Sebi'ing. neai'l]'' evelyone u'ho exits the "Polsche Expei'ience," The company has brought 24 spectaculal cai's fl'om a huge tent ci'eaterl specificallv for Monter.ey.

()( T{)Til,llt l!)9x19 leads a 935. When both cars originally ap- A all the uaq from Tokgo, Japan, The 906 peared in 1976, they were Porsche's uay of rttttking sure tas the lirst of Porsclte's "ntodern" sports prototgpes, ap- theA had all the bases couered-and u'ort both Group 5 pearing initiallg in 1966. and Group 6 chantpionships.

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-:.-:.k auto show here, not circus. Moving images- Never before seen in America, the 1922 Sascha on ..: i.n ovel'head view of a 996, another a spinning five- display is not exactly a Porsche, but it fbreshadou,s - .:e ltl1 wheel-are projected on soft gray carpeting everything that is to come. Designed b1' the senior -: -zicerl rather than cleaned at the end of each day) for Austro Dairnlei: the Sascha fin- ::.r delight of children and adults alike. At one end, ished one-two in the Targa Florio of that veai'-seal- ., . .r'rtable showcases the wheel-spatted 1951 356SL ing the Porsche family's interest in the perfolmance . ..: c that won its class at Le Mans that year, Iavender potential of small, nimble spoi'ts cars. This is the car .-:-:s highlighting the beauty of hand-beaten alu- that so fascinated Ferr1. Poi'sche as a little boy that he -r,.im panels. The SL is standing in for Porsche tried to collect enough cliscalclecl spale parts from the l. .::rirer One, the famous little roadster that Ferry factory floor to builcl his oru'r Sascha. Museum director : :'.cl.ie built in Gmiind in the summer of 1948 at the Klaus Bischof had the Sascha out on the track for a - ,::'i lf it ail. Number One would have been present, f'ein Paracle laps-an amazing, perhaps never to be re- : ,r'an unfortunate accident in transit. peated exhibition fi'om a 76-year-old sports racer.

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calre a 1968 907 coupe, an aerody- :ascilii in ir:e:etlt s-ils a 1l'istitle !)01' the PlLr in 1962. Then \eai'the 25 percent ( s'ouclei'that in longtail form offeted legenc.lai'r' \\--R: :t,r'rier' il'"5'111il;1pr"' sith its ilat- nzunic its 910 pi'eclecessoi: Alongside it was eig'ht Folnula L)tlc en{i::e. i.ltii. iir:l'"s' the ri'a}'' the less rli'ag tl.ian lrlLre at.ic1 cit':ltlge 908'0:i Sp1'del with which lg47l49 Cisitalirr Gi'ard Piir .i,l'. T:-'' L 'silii'la t'zls the u'ru the 1!)7(l Tai'ga Flolio' follolved by the Poi'sche's fli'st ploject aitet':l:. i''rrrl l l' '':'i-:"1 rl'f illii Rerhlan 1f ri1 !ri7 that acirievecl 240 mph on the with which to ratlsonl the eldrl Fer'';'ll-'r'l-''1 P r''ir-'' l,,r.u-riLil ]lartini ''''r-1'r I, r'eltl's agtl' fi'om Flench itnprisout-nent. \ert :' :a-t ['li]'11'-ir \i.ll::,:.:.- sti'irlLllI '..-:inruile irl speciticitl-aticl rarity, the936177, a the Carlera Panatlei'icaua Spldei' rtr.''i :l'' ltrirr Lt Tr'.e ;1o-h1-r rrpell built to win at the Mans 917K. 1.r12-1i,. llrototl'pe In fact. three of the fir'e 936s ever At the othet' encl of the etlclosltt'e s-ei'e the (tri': r'l :rr1':lir. \\-as lte\t. s-ei'e ]Iolltere)-, the factory's example being today: this year"s Le Maus winuiug 91i (;T1' tlzirr^e'i hLriit at rrit'tttei'. \bu had on11'to turn the corner to and Boxstet'. In betu'ee1l, \\'el'e tht 1!ti 1 ,1.r" ltrii by 996 and be- tile t'1nc1 the 1ti78 911SC East Afi'ican Safari cal Carrela RSR that pioneerecl the tnlbochal'ging 'rl Mobl' Dick 935/78-the flnal factory ver- 911-an awesome monster delivei'ing 36111s '10{) htlt'se- llncl it the successful 911-clelived racer' po\ rel' to a chassis weighing 165:3 pourlds-the sion ol Pr-rrsche's tlost TAG Mclaren F1 cal powered by Ldu,enbrdu 962 that won back-to-back tictoi'ies at Then the 1986 Hans Mezgel"s potent 850-hp VG Da1'tona in 1986 ancl 1987-and the 1986 Paris-Dakai' Porscl.ie et.rgineel that won 25 F1 r:aces in 68 starts during gSg that was the special pride of Porsche's late R & D tui'bo engine Next rvas a 1987 962C, r'epresenting the chief, Helmuth Bott. 1981-198?. which won at Le Mans for six years Overloaded yet? In stalls down tlvo sicles of tl.re tent 956/9ti2 series in 1987. The last tu'o cal's were the outsic.le u,ele 13 mol'e museum cal's lepi'esenting stt'aight beginning Inclycar desclibed on the placard as ever1, phase in five decades of Porsche motoi'spolt' Mai'cn-Poricne "the car that',1'oulcl be king," frorn Porsche's ill-fated fhe RS-OO u'as flanked bv the Tlpe 718 F2 that Rob and, finally, the 1994 Dauer Walker's tearn enterecl foi' Stir'ling Moss for the 1960 Ind-v tour in the early'90s, gOZb tnat u'on at Le Mans just prior to the introduc- season. Next to it u,as the !.pe 804 Fot'mula One flat genet'ation 911 GT1. eight that Dan Gr.ri'ney used to r'rin the F\'ench Grancl tion of tl.re new

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n:err-l One trip through the Porsche Experience notable Porsches in the ciass included Robert Baker's -1i :-ut enough to absorb it all-fortunately you could 1953 Pooper and Ray Knight's 1951 Sauter Roadster. :- :: again and again throughout the course of the Race 4 for 1955-61 GT cars tnder 2.2liters, including . -:iend. When you weren't being dazzled somewhere 356s and Carreras, was the province of =-se. rhat is. For every museum car, there were a Leonard Tirrnbeaugh's 1958 356A. Race 5 fielded no :, re: s-orthy private entries-some equally as exotic, fewer than 14 Porsche spyders from 550 to RSK. .::'iding Can-Am 91710s and the record-setting in an RS-61 took the win ahead of :-i 3G-representing virtually every race car ever Wayre Baker's RSK. The iast race of the day pitted :Jt b1'Porsche. 1965-71 FIA manufacturer's championship cars The PCA kickoff for the weekend was a gala wel- against each other. Here a Lotus T-210 managed to :,:ning party and dinner put on by Monterey Bay beat Chris MacA-llister's 1970 917K to the finish line. ?.trion at the Carmel Mission on Fliday night. Some The race was an auditory and visual treat as 908s, in- l-r-r"t PCAers gathered at the historic mission for wine cluding Btzzetta's 908102,906s, 907s, and 910s joined sa:rpling and dinner served under the stars. Guests of four 917s. l'- - r,rr rrere Wolfgang and Susanne Porsche, Porsche Porsche laid on a banquet Saturday night in the ,lEO Dr. Wendelin Wiedeking and his wife Ruth, Porsche Experience tent, the cars moved aside to 3l\A President FYed Schwab and Dottie. On hand to make room for tables and chairs. Emceed by Sam s;tak. sign autographs and talk Porsche were Derek Posey and , memories served up "r'ere 3.'.. JoeBvzzetta,Yic Elford, George Follmer, Hurley between courses and drivers from all decades of iia.,-n-ood, Jack McAfee, and Brian Redman. The Porsche competition were recognized. Among the no- :;ening ended with a spectacular birthday cake tables not already mentioned: Denise McCluggage, -r-;ed to all. , Ben Pon, , Bob Saturday Porsche's day at the races began with Garretson and . Dr. Wolfgang Porsche, Lct 3 for 1947-55 under two liter sports racing and Fled Schwab and Dr. Wiedeking spoke to the group. lT cars where Bill Perrone of Huntington Beach, Celebrity Porsche enthusiast Jerry Seinfeld was lr:rbrnia, led the way in his 1955 550 Spyder. Other (cotttinu,ed on pa.ge 34)

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Memory, Magic, Monterey! were entered in the second race, for 1961-66 sports racers: a 904 Berg Spyder (hillclimb car) and a Bobsy- ( continued pag e 1 5 from, ) Porsche SR3. Mark Leonard in the Berg Spyder bear- among the guests. ing the name of Gerhard MitteU Porsche's great Sunday morning presented tough choices: the hillclimb ace of the mid-1960s, on its side had a rough Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance where an invita- start, dropping back to about tenth. By the fifth lap, he tional class of 356s would compete or the Historic was back to second and on the following lap took the Races at Laguna. It was an either/or decision since lead. traffic between Pebble Beach and the track, which had The race for 1966-74 Can-Am cars was one of the literally sold out of gate admission tickets, was ex- highlights of the day. The field was stunning, with pected to be horrendous. Plrvon.o.lta opted for the George Follmer in the 1972 9l7ll0 he drove to the track, while contributing editor Linda Goodman championship that year, the factory's Olaf Lang at the braved the traffic and headed for Pebble Beach (see wheel of the Donohue 917130, Milt Minter in another sidebar). 917130, aboard his Brumos 9l7ll0, At noon, the excitement began with a parade of and Bruce Canepa also in a 917/10. The major compe- Porsches. More than 200 ofZrfifenhausen's finest, rep- tition was the 1970 UOP Shadow driven by Bud resenting virtually every year and modei of Porsche Bennett, an S.3-liter powerhouse, which led from the ever built, took to the track for three exhibition laps, start but was constantly under siege from Lang in the eventually filling the entire circuit with a colorful 917130. The pressure was too great and when the stream of Porsches. PCAers from every part of the Shadow spun on the eighth of ten laps, Lang brought country participated, deftly organized, by Monterey the Porsche home for the win. Lang's cool down lap, Bay Region, in a splendid display of owner enthusiasm. both arms off the steering wheel, waving with joy, was The first Porsche race of the day pitted four 904s great fun to watch. Hay,ra,rood and Follmer finished sec- against Lotus and Alfa and other small displacement ond and third after dicing for all ten laps. sports racers with the win going to a L964 Lotus 26R, The best race of the day-for 1963-68 GT cars over just ahead of Larry Menser's 904. Only two Porsches two liters-pitted Hurley Hayvrood's 1971 914/6 (win-

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