{"id":3569,"date":"2018-10-08T07:15:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T10:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-143.com\/?page_id=3569"},"modified":"2023-02-21T11:55:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T14:55:27","slug":"porsche-962c-17-spark-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/porsche-962c-17-spark-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche 962C #17 &#8211; Spark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/porsche\/race\/porsche_roth962c_17_01.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>1987 Porsche 962C<\/strong> \nPilots: H-J. Stuck Jr, D. Bell, A. Holbert \nTeam: <em>Porsche Rothmans AG<\/em> \nRace: 1st overall (C1 class) at Le Mans in <strong>1987 <\/strong>\nSpark - S0492 (resin) <\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-small-font-size\">Published 10\/08\/18<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The first year of the 962 C at La Sarthe was 1985. At the time Porsche had a partnership with Rothmans, and the works team fielded three cars. The new 962 did not disappoint, and Rothmans managed a third place with <a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/1573\/25795643405_8349da22d5_b.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">car #2<\/a> (the winner was a 956B). The following year the result was even better: first place. For the <em>24 Heures du Mans<\/em> of 1987 the Rothmans team brought again three cars to the field. Car #19 crashed in practice and #18 DNF. But 962C #17, piloted by Hans-Joachim Stuck Jr, Derek Bell and Al Holbert, finished in first place. That year was Derek Bell\u2019s last win at La Sarthe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/porsche\/race\/porsche_roth962c_17_02.jpg\" alt=\"962C #17\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">No denying that the Rothmans livery is a classic one, specially for Porsches.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Without a doubt the Rothmans livery is one of the most iconic ones ever to grace a Porsche. Fortunately Spark produces the model but it doesn&#8217;t come with the complete paint scheme. Because of the banning of any form of tobacco advertising, Spark can&#8217;t make the model with historic livery. Though I <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-bright-red-color\">STRONGLY <\/mark>agree with the banning, from an historical standpoint, the model is incomplete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/porsche\/race\/porsche_roth962c_17_04.jpg\" alt=\"962C #17\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Happiness is just a few decals away.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the buyer can make his model historically correct. Spark provides the missing livery in decal form. The decals are of very good quality, and after a three minutes job you have the model with the complete livery. No need to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/porsche-956-1-2-and-3-rothmans-set-hpi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hunt decals<\/a> on the web contrarily to certain brands. So the 962C #17 here is proof that Spark is THE best 1:43 manufacturer out there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/zgroup\/porsches_36.jpg\" alt=\"962C #17\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A shot like this makes me angry at HPI.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1987 Porsche 962C Pilots: H-J. Stuck Jr, D. Bell, A. Holbert Team: Porsche Rothmans AG Race: 1st overall (C1 class) at Le Mans in 1987 Spark &#8211; S0492 (resin) Published 10\/08\/18 The first year of the 962 C at La Sarthe was 1985. At the time Porsche had a partnership with Rothmans, and the works &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/porsche-962c-17-spark-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Porsche 962C #17 &#8211; Spark&#8221;<\/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-3569","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\/3569","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=3569"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15186,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3569\/revisions\/15186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}