030 car, got registered by the late Count Rossi, the Italian who made possible Martini's famous sponsorship deal with Porsche. A pair of genuine 917 racers had previously been road-registered: one, chassis number 917-021, a long time ago, and only briefly. Roddaro knew it wouldn't be easy to register a 40-something Le Mans sports prototype for road use, so he built up his case by using two precedents. How is that possible, you might ask? Well, Mr. Amateur racer Claudio Roddaro bought a 917-037 in 2016 and managed to realize the fantasy most die-hard Porsche fanatics have: not only does he own a genuine 917, but he made it road-legal so he could drive it anywhere. Very few racing drivers were able to tame the 917, and that's what makes the following story so unbelievable: a Monaco resident drives a Porsche 917K on public roads whenever he feels like it. It’s not an easy thing to do, but it’s absolutely worth the effortĪsk a random group of die-hard racing fans about their favorite race car of all time, and chances are the Porsche 917 will be the most common answer.Īnd justifiably so, as the 917 was not only the vehicle that brought Porsche its first overall wins at the Le Mans 24 Hours but also a brute - a car that had some drivers pee in their pants when they learned they had to race it.
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