How the Porsche 911 became the world's most successful racing car #161

The Intercooler

Dan Prosser and Andrew Frankel

Cars, The Intercooler, Car, Motorsport, Supercar, Leisure, Automotive, Intercooler, Driving

4.8 • 868 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Dan Prosser and Andrew Frankel tell the story of the Porsche 911 in motorsport, from winning the Monte Carlo Rally and the Dakar Rally to beating the competition at Le Mans. The 911 was never originally designed for competition , so what is it about the model that's made it the world's most successful racing car?

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0:00.0	Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you
0:08.3	slide by on track to your
0:15.0	there,
0:20.0	the care in the world as you simply lean back. And before you know it, you're there.
0:21.0	This is how travels should feel, on our trains it does a vante west coast feel good travel
0:32.1	Welcome to the Intercooler Podcast.
0:35.0	Welcome to episode 161 of the Intercooler Podcast.
0:39.0	Welcome to episode 161 of the Intercooled podcast with Dan Prosser and Andrew Frankel.
0:44.0	Now this week we are talking about the Porsche 9-11 in racing.
0:49.7	It's a good time to do it and I'll explain why in the main episode. This year as we know in
0:55.2	September that will be the 60th anniversary of the Porsche 9-11 which is why over a
1:00.6	handful of episodes this year we're marking the occasion by talking about the 9-11.
1:06.4	A few weeks ago in episode 154 we covered the early cars, the air-cooled road cars.
1:13.0	A bit later on in a few weeks we'll do the water-cooled road cars.
1:17.6	But this week we're talking about the 9-11 in motorsport, plenty to get our teeth into.
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