Porsche 917/10 Turbocharged chassis 004
Car used by Leo Kinnnunen in 1972 and 1973.
Porsche 917/10 Turbocharged chassis 015
Read about this Willy Kaushen Racing Porsche and its origin in the 1972 -interserie chapter.
Porsche 917/10 Turbocharged chassis 016
One of the very last Porsche 917/10s produced, this car was sold to German privateer Ernst Kraus early in 1973 (see #5 below) under the banner of the Boeri Helmets-Sport team and painted a bright green. Kraus used it in the Interserie championship for three seasons. Although he finished second on several occasions, Kraus never managed to win a race with 917/10-016.
In 1976, it was acquired by American Vasek Polak, who ultimately restored it with a more angular Can-Am style bodywork. Since 1999, it is back in German hands but still wears the body and colours fitted by Polak in the United States.
Photos below are from the 2009 Goodwood event. Seen in the 2018 Solitude Revival
Porsche 917/10 Turbocharged chassis 017
The penultimate 917/10 produced, chassis 017 was sold to German privateer Georg Loos for the 1973 Interserie. Under the Gelo Racing Team banner, it was campaigned for several seasons for the likes of John Fitzpatrick, Bob Wollek and Tim Schenken. The latter proved particularly successful, scoring several victories in 1975. Unlike many of its sister cars, chassis 917/10-017 has survived almost completely unscathed.
Still in in remarkably original condition, it was seen at the 2009 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
In Bruce Canepa museum now ?
1973:
Porsche 917/10 turbocharged chassis 003
One of three Porsche 917/10Ks purchased by Roger Penske for his 1972 Can-Am effort, this car started the season as one of the spare chassis. It was pressed into service from the second round when an injured Mark Donohue was replaced by George Follmer after crashing the team's primary car in an accident. Follmer immediately scored a victory at Road Atlanta after starting second. He won four more races in this car that year as he became the first non-McLaren driver to win the Championship since John Surtees in 1966. At the end of the year, it was sold to Bobby Rinzler, who fielded it in the Interseries and Can-Am championships for George Follmer and Charlie Kemp but it did no better than a pair of seconds in Can-Am races with Follmer at the helm. It last raced in the fall of 1973 but was retained by Rinzler for many more years. It eventually joined the formidable collection of Bruce McCaw. In 2012, the 1972 Can-Am winning car sold at auction for $5.5 million. Today, it is part of a Chicago-based collection that consists mainly of McLarens.
