{"id":14550,"date":"2022-11-11T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T10:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/?page_id=14550"},"modified":"2022-11-06T10:34:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T13:34:24","slug":"porsche-917-30-0-spark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/porsche-917-30-0-spark\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche 917\/30 #0 – Spark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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1972 Porsche 917\/30 #0<\/strong>\nPilot: H. M\u00fcller\nTeam: Martini Racing Team<\/em>\nRace: 2nd overall (3.0 class) at Interserie N\u00fcrburgring 1974<\/strong>\nSpark - SG672 (resin)<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Published 11\/11\/22<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After their first class win in 1951, Porsche\u2019s race cars became synonymous with Le Mans. However, even though many class wins followed, the first overall win only came decades later. In 1969, the combination of a rule change and the determination of Ferdinand Pi\u00ebch, produced the 917<\/a>. At first, the 917 was quite frankly a terrible car. Mechanically, it was absurdly sophisticated for the era, yet horrible to pilot at speed. To the point of a fatal accident at the car\u2019s first race at La Sarthe in 1969. The problem baffled Porsche, and it took outside help to fix the car. In early 1970 John Wyer\u2019s engineers finally figured out what was wrong: aerodynamics. After Wyer corrected the car\u2019s poor aerodynamics, the 917K became a winning machine. With that, Porsche\u2019s first overall Le Mans victory came in 1970<\/a>. And they repeated the feat in 1971<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The engine of the 917\/30 was a 5374 cm\u00b3 180\u00ba V12.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The following year FIA changed the rules again. For 1972 they eliminated the Sports class, consequently out-lawing the 917. Nonetheless, Porsche didn\u2019t retire the car, shifting their focus to Can-Am racing. With that, for 1972 Porsche created the 917\/10<\/a>. The 917\/10 was a spyder with a turbo-charged flat-12 instead of the 917\u2019s original aspirated unit. Porsche was the only manufacturer to use a turbo engine, and the 917\/10 easily won the 1972 Can-Am. For the following year the competition got stiffer, so Porsche had to evolve the 917\/10. The resulting car was the 917\/30, the outrageous Turbopanzer<\/a>. It was a beast that could deliver up to 1500 hp (!), and Porsche made six chassis. The first one (#917\/30-001), built for testing purposes, had an adjustable chassis. The 917\/30 annihilated the competition, and won the 1973 Can-Am. However, in 1974 SCCA introduced a fuel consumption cap, and the 917\/30 became illegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Of the six 917\/30 chassis built, only three raced.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
First raced in 1970, the Interserie was a European-based motorsport series. It allowed a wide variety of racing cars competing with less limited rules. In essence, a bring-what-you-got racing series, somewhat similar to Can-Am. The Interserie Championship of 1974 consisted of six races. They took place at Silverstone, N\u00fcrburgring (twice), Kassel-Calden, Casale and Hockenheim. The first one was on May 12th (Silverstone) and the last one was on September 29th (Hockenheim). Of the six races, while piloting 917\/30 #0 (chassis #917\/30-001<\/a>), Herbert M\u00fcller came in first place four times. And on the other two he came in second. In other words, total domination. And with that, he took home the 1974 championship. He was back in 1975 and won the first race piloting the same #917\/30-001. He then switched to a 908\/3-6 Turbo and won the championship. In 1976 he won again, although piloting a Sauber C5 BMW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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917\/30 #0 today resides at the Porsche museum, however displaying #1.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Swiss Herbert M\u00fcller<\/a> was a prolific driver. He raced from F1 to the Targa Florio, where he won twice! Adding to his three Interserie Championships, he also raced at Le Mans 13 times. At La Sarthe, he came second overall<\/a> in 1971 and took a class win in 1979<\/a>. Unfortunately, he died in a crash in 1981 at N\u00fcrburgring. Therefore, it is a delight to have in scale the car of such an accomplished pilot. Spark replicated 917\/30 #0 as it raced at N\u00fcrburgring, on June 16th (M\u00fcller finished second there). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Three cars, capable of around 4500 hp together? Only if they’re Turbopanzers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The 917\/30 #0 is not a regular release from Spark, therefore produced in a smaller run. On my model’s base plate came hand-written 147\/750<\/em>. In other words, it probably will be hard to find in the future, therefore do NOT wait too long to get one. Future rarity notwithstanding, as you can see, it looks A-W-E-S-O-M-E. So, if you do the math: great pilot + great model + 917 (specially) = must buy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1972 Porsche 917\/30 #0 Pilot: H. M\u00fcller Team: Martini Racing Team Race: 2nd overall (3.0 class) at Interserie N\u00fcrburgring 1974 Spark – SG672 (resin) Published 11\/11\/22 After their first class win in 1951, Porsche\u2019s race cars became synonymous with Le Mans. However, even though many class wins followed, the first overall win only came decades … Continue reading “Porsche 917\/30 #0 – Spark”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14550","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14550"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14776,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14550\/revisions\/14776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}