Porsche 917 K at Mission Raceway

[pitrow66]

Certainly one of the greatest cars ever made.

Great to see it running again in Canada

[GranTurismoFan10]

howd did this guy get it?

[TOM3555ify]

of these old cars are very good these days

[Destronus]

The Porsche 917... Overpowered, Twitchy Handling, and Unsafe. This is truly a real driver's car.

[jamesandrew2000]

I was at the wheel when this was filmed. The cup holder in these cars doesn't fit a super big gulp very well and I was steering with my knee trying to shift left handed while holding my beverage. That may explain the missed apex.

[Jimbo459]

haha those the sound when he downshifts is unbelievable!

[Sn0wc4t]

hehe...

Well, if She doesn't spin every once in a while the driver isn't trying hard enough... ;-)

[ascudeller]

Like the car of Steve McQueen on Le Mans.

[Triss1308]

great car..my favourite in NFS Porsche :D

[gonedu71]

perfect

[tubatits]

Awesome!

I was at Mission when this was taped. Could'nt believe it when the owner said it was going to run at lunch..was totally pumped about just seeing one.

[StopTheMelting]

That thing RIPS!

[kanelupis]

mission raceway is not a very big track. Man that car is overkill for the track.

[Southpawwa]

It was like autocrossing a station wagon. I was the one driving it. I had a passenger and just ran out of elbow room, when it started to step out I just could not move quick enough without breaking her ribs.

[ripsterR1]

I still think it's the most evil, nasty, best race car ever produced.

[vivaSchumi7]

in a good way

[tommy9927]

Why do people have to talk when they have no idea?

Porsche with the 917 and Ferrari with the 512 used a loophole in the rulebook building 5 litre "prototypes"

The sense of the rules were production cars, which was achieved by fitting a suitcase in some part of the car and 25 units had to be build at least.

[deggis4]

i came

[Rivelution]

Nice video... the car is too powerful for this track but o well it must have been a treet hearing that engine.

[19555591]

Thats a flat 12

nice footage!

[guerra302v8]

O melhor carro de competição de todos os tempos.

[blokjekaas]

nope, it's a flat12 and it's losely based on 2 fused 911 eleven engines.

AND learn how to spell dumbass.

[Southpawwa]

Actually it's based on 1.5 of the 908 8 cylinder engines, not one single part or design is 911 based.

[blokjekaas]

thahah

sukkel!

[macmacma]

thats a fake, not a real 917

[COREYHELLO]

Even so, that car had an incredible presence, I won't ever forget it.

[Generaltrynian]

You know this how?

[MY599FERRARI]

917 ............WOW. To see one in person and hear it ,very cool race car!

[ottocars]

if you would ever have driven a 917 you would finde out it is not that easy,

but very enjoable and dont push it its to valuable

[OCofthe3]

Is it just me or do some of the down shifts sound really amateur? its like hes not even blipping the throttle and just letting the clutch out slowly. Nice video though!

[blokjekaas]

he blips the throttle more then enough.

As said, the 917 is nothing like a modern car, let alone youre daily driver

then again, its so valuable

[Elvisdogg]

I remember circa 1974, there was a porsche 917L for $25k and a 917-30 (with spare engine) for $60k advertised in the back pages of Road and Track magazine.

Where is my time machine?