{"id":7041,"date":"2019-10-20T20:35:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T22:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-143.com\/?page_id=7041"},"modified":"2023-02-21T11:26:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T14:26:56","slug":"porsche-935-77a-44-spark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/porsche-935-77a-44-spark\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche 935\/77A #44 &#8211; Spark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/porsche\/race\/porsche_935-77_44_01.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>1978 Porsche 935\/77A<\/strong>\nPilots: C. Cord, J. Busby, R. Knoop\u00a0\nTeam: <em>Porsche Kremer Racing Team<\/em>\nRace: 6th overall (1st in Group 5 class) at Le Mans in 1978\nSpark - S2010 (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\/21\/19<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Produced from 1976 to 1981, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/porsche-935-40-ebbro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">935<\/a> was one of the most successful cars of the Group 5 era. At the time, a Group 5 car could have an engine up to 4 l and should weigh only 970 kg. So to keep things light, Porsche opted for turbo-charging. That meant that using the 1.4\u00d7 turbo equivalency rule, the new engine could only have 2857 cm\u00b3. The engineering team then fitted a large KKK turbo hung behind the engine, mated to an intercooler. The resulting <a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.classicdriver.com\/sites\/default\/files\/collectibles_images\/1768g.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">flat-6<\/a> delivered a massive 580 to 630 hp, depending on the tune.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/porsche\/race\/porsche_935-77_44_02.jpg\" alt=\"935\/77A #44\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The 935\/77 sports the &#8220;regular&#8221; tail &#8211; as the car received upgrades and enhancements, the tail changed a lot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kremer Racing had a very straight relationship with Porsche. Moreover, from the team\u2019s beginning in 1962, the Kremer brothers only raced Porsche cars. So Kremer was the first privateer team to adopt the 935 as their weapon of choice for endurance racing. The team bought this 935\/77A #44 (chassis #930-8900012) new in early 1978. The car\u2019s first race was at the 24 Hours of Daytona, in February 1978. Unfortunately it had engine troubles and DNF. For the <em>24 Heures du Mans<\/em> of that year, Kremer counted on direct factory support from Stuttgart. They had three cars in the race, one 935 K2 and two 935\/77A. Of the three cars, the pilots of #44 were the least experienced, and 1978 was their first race 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_935-77_44_03.jpg\" alt=\"935\/77A #44\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Possibly Porsche&#8217;s most successful privateer car.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, junior team or not, Cord, Busby and Knoop had a smooth race. While #46 abandoned due to engine failure and #45 lost too much time in the pits (and DNC),  935\/77A #44  soldiered on. To the point that they finished in sixth overall and first in Group 5. In model terms, though, being from Spark, the car is a winner from the get-go. Rookie pilots notwithstanding the model looks pro, and was a great acquisition for the W-143 Garage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1978 Porsche 935\/77A Pilots: C. Cord, J. Busby, R. Knoop\u00a0 Team: Porsche Kremer Racing Team Race: 6th overall (1st in Group 5 class) at Le Mans in 1978 Spark &#8211; S2010 (resin) Published 10\/21\/19 Produced from 1976 to 1981, the 935 was one of the most successful cars of the Group 5 era. At the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/porsche-935-77a-44-spark\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Porsche 935\/77A #44 &#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-7041","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\/7041","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=7041"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15161,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7041\/revisions\/15161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}