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The Marshall Pruett Podcast

MP 1031: Birth of the Gunnar Porsche 966

The Marshall Pruett Podcast

Marshall Pruett

Leisure, Sports, Automotive

4.6594 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Thirty years ago at the SunBank 24 At Daytona, Kevin Jeannette introduced the world to his new creation, the Porsche 962-based Gunnar Porsche 966. The open-top IMSA GTP car, driven by Derek and Justin Bell, and Jay Cochran, became an instant crowd favorite, and thanks to Jeannette's plan, it earned more fame for supporting the American military during its debut in 1991 than for its on-track performances. The car went on to race in many iconic colors, and towards the end of the 966's career, and as he shares, became involved in a German sports car race that led to Jeannette being called to England where he was interviewed by detectives at Scotland Yard!  Subscribe: https://marshallpruettpodcast.com/subscribe Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/MarshallPruettPodcast

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0:00.0

Whenever I get on the phone with my friend Kevin Jeanette, one of the world's great Porsche,

0:07.3

mechanics, engineers, engine builders, designers, just in the racing world, Kevin is royalty,

0:15.7

his son, Gunner, also rather well known as a very successful sports car driver.

0:20.6

Whenever I get on the phone with

0:22.1

kevin we're going to try and record something we have an idea of the specific topic we start

0:28.2

out on that topic and inevitably like this conversation you're about to hear oh it goes places

0:35.0

i never expect.

0:37.9

So what was the original intent of this podcast?

0:42.0

Well, 30-year anniversary.

0:44.2

I'm doing two 30-year anniversary podcast this year, head of the Rolex 24 at Daytona.

0:48.9

30 years ago at the 1991 Sunbank 24 at Daytona, Kevin introduced the Porsche 966 prototype to the world,

0:59.2

not a Porsche 962 of which he has owned countless numbers, been the crew chief on one,

1:05.3

all kinds of everything, not a Porsche 917, all things in his arsenal in the past.

1:10.4

This is a Kevin Jeanette production.

1:13.6

And knowing that this car, which was vaguely blessed by the factory,

1:18.4

but a independent production, a take on the Porsche 962,

1:23.0

I just figured, hey, we need to talk about this and celebrate it

1:25.9

because at this 1991 Daytona 24 hour event

1:29.4

Kevin did some really cool stuff with this car three drivers jay cochran Derek bell and his son

1:35.0

Justin he did a really unique thing and i'll let him tell you about that if you know about it

1:40.2

then maybe the backstory here and some of the other tales you'll really enjoy. If you know nothing about

1:45.1

it, this was a pretty cool and amazing thing that he did, all in the name of charity. This is right

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