Ex-Roger Penske / Mark Donohue Can Am Porsche 917-30 S/N 004 starts up and drives away

Watkins Glen International offically opened on Sunday, April 26, 2009. In conjunction with the release of Michael Argetsinger's Mark Donohue biography, "Mark Donohue Technical Excellence at Speed" a number of restored Donohue race cars were present. As were Team Penske members, past and present, members of the Donohue family, childhood friends, etc. At one point it was time to start up the 917-30 and drive back to the transporter. I saw Mark Donohue win the 1973 Watkins Glen Can Am in one of these cars. Be sure to visit Paul Powell's website http://www.unfairadvantageracing.com/

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[owenpoon123]

This is the most powerful race car ever made- faster than the 9ff GT9 R

The 917 30 does 0-100 km/h in 1.9 seconds, which is a whole second faster than the GT9 R, and 0.6 seconds faster than bugatti veyron. Number 2, it produces 1560 Horsepower, in which GT9R only produces 1120, and 1001 for the veyron. The top speed is 270 m/ph. This is what I call a GREAT CAR! forget about all those Enzo, Veyron, blah blah, I dont care if this car is made from 1970s, but this is just an awesome German supercar!

[ottocars]

thas what i call a great car.

[ZorcovsParadise12]

This car is now for sale at auction this spring

[TtimWh]

the things i would do to see one of those in action...defs my favorite car ever.

[MattB613]

@owenpoon123 the Porsche is capable of 1580 hp but most of the time would only run around 1100 hp to preserve the engine for longer races.

[WASPTexas]

Best racing car ever made.

People tend to focus on its insane power output, but the real engineering challenge was not the power, but a chassis that could harness that power and make it driveable.

For a while Shadow tried turbo-charged Chevrolet V8's, which reportedly had even more power, but they were never as fast as the Porsche 917-30 around the tracks.

[dwcdaid]

The car that killed Can-Am. These were the most amazing racecars/series ever. Brute power and innovative ground effects, wow!

[cluster79]

BEST RACING CAR OF ALL TIME

A COMPLETE BEAST AT THE TRACK

[doowaditti]

@owenpoon123 My favorite race car of all time.....a dragster designed to run for 200 miles and not break!Saw all the Can-Ams '71 to the end (Laguna Seca).

[hifiok1]

Krásné.

[paperbachwriter1]

zero to 200 mph in 11 seconds

[bufbarnaby]

I saw these cars race at RIR and have seen every type of race car...these had no equal...just amazing.