The Le Mans Winners
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Important 917Ks
This feature is about the "Plastic Porsches", the 917 representing the pinnacle
These models are a bit confusing, so hopefully this link will help
Part II will deal mostly with the others, the 904, 906, 910, 907, & 908
(there were many variants & the models were not sequential)
917 Spyders
The 917 Spyders were developed primarily for the Can Am & also dominated the European Interserie
917Ls
The langheck or long-tail configuration followed earlier Porsche practice for low drag on high speed courses, particularly Le Mans' 3.7 mile Mulsanne Straight where cars approached 240 mph
While they produced blindingly fast top speed, handling & high speed stability suffered due to lack of downforce
917 & 908s On-track
