Porsche 911R-RS-RSR by John Starkey

Author:John Starkey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Road & motor vehicles: general interest
Publisher: Veloce Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2016-09-12T16:00:00+00:00

APPENDIX 2

1973 RSR 2.8 Individual Chassis Record

INTRODUCTION TO THE REGISTER

I have been compiling the histories of the RS and RSR series of Porsche 911s since 1986.

Naturally, a lot of information came my way after the first edition of this book was published in 1987, some from the factory (thank you, Olaf Lang and Jurgen Barth) but most of the information came from individual owners.

Since then, more information has come to hand from all over the world, particularly from Ulrich Trispel, who has spent long nights and expensive telephone calls tracing the German owners/racers of the period. I shall miss my Sunday evenings transposing Ulrich’s information! Thank you Ulrich, and I also thank Klaus Handemann for information he sent to me.

In the USA, Tom Linton was very helpful with the histories and whereabouts of the IROC RSRs. As these were all delivered to America, their history is particularly “American”. Thank you, Tom.

And now, a word of caution. Like most racing cars, RSs (and RSRs in particular), if they have been used for their intended purpose, have been well used and abused. Therefore, many have been re-shelled after accidents and, in several cases, the original shell then repaired and rebuilt into another car. The fact that the cars started life with a road-going 911 bodyshell makes this a relatively easy proposition.

On top of this, many contemporary racing teams built up their own cars on bodyshells straight from the factory so that they could build in all the modifications they had previously learnt from scratch. To make matters even worse, it is a very simple matter to re-number one of these cars as the chassis number is, apart from the aluminium tag which is pop riveted into the front compartment, stamped into the front bulkhead. This (or a part of it) can be easily cut out and a new section, complete with chassis number welded in.

Therefore: Caveat emptor! (Buyer beware!) Before you believe you have found the ultimate missing Daytona winner, ensure, as far as is possible, that you have the genuine article.

You will note that I have now included a register of the RS 2.7.Carrera model. Because the RSR is a derivative of the RS 2.7 Carrera, I thought it was now time to include this. I have also included the histories of a few 911Ss with proven period race history.

Finally, a word about the accuracy of the information given in the registers shown below. Whilst I have taken every effort to ensure accuracy, particularly with regard to race histories, there are bound to be anomalies, particularly with the passage of time. Therefore, do not take all as gospel!

Bearing the above in mind, I hope you derive as much pleasure from the register as I had in compiling it.

Abbreviations:

DNF: Did not finish.

DNS: Did not start.

DNQ: Did not qualify.

NC: Not classified.

NR: Not running.

RU: Result unknown.

WCM: World Championship for Makes.

TA: Trans Am Championship.

IMSA: International Motor Sport Association (the Camel GT Championship).

DRM: Deutsche Rennen Meisterschaft (German National Race Championship).

EC-GT: European GT Championship.

EHC: European Hillclimb Championship.

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