The Porsche 944 GTR is the brutal IMSA racer you've never heard of

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The Porsche 944 might not be the most iconic or beloved of Stuttgart's cars. But when it was handed a giant turbocharger and inflated to 1980s IMSA proportions it became one of our favourite racing cars of all time. Racing at Rennsport 7 at Laguna Seca we found out more about this incredible machine.
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@AbandonedRaven 5 ай бұрын

Looks like a combination between a NASCAR and a Super Silhouette.

@CyanRooper 4 ай бұрын

It resembles the IMSA GTU RX7s with box flares from the early 80s (not surprising considering the IMSA RX7s were inspired by the Porsche 935s that were so dominant during the 70s and 80s).

@warhog258 4 ай бұрын

@@CyanRooper The 924 came out 2 years before the RX-7 and the basis for the 944 GTR is the 924 GTP from 1980 and the 944 GTP of 1981.

@mcrichton46 4 ай бұрын

IMSA Camel GT was truly unparalleled.

@drewpierce2273 5 ай бұрын

Geez. As a spectator I remember that Porsche. Great stories there. Thanks!

@user-hk5zb4oi7i 5 ай бұрын

I love the detail, the facts, the passion that pours out from these people. Love it all. Keith

@chrisdooley1184 4 ай бұрын

I miss 1980’s racing. Something so visceral and raw about the machines like this beauty.

@kresimirmilisa5560 5 ай бұрын

A racing classic of a car.

@niosanfrancisco 4 ай бұрын

Electrodyne and Racing Dynamics were amazing back in the 80s. This car was in their showroom. Just like yesterday.

@johnnyturbo8460 3 ай бұрын

I remember seeing that car in the Electrodine show room in Alexandia, VA. (In the 90s) I worked at a local Porsche speed shop at the time. I worked on Chet's BMW a few times. (The original owner he mentioned) I drooled over it many times, lol

@Adam-ub9nu 4 ай бұрын

Truly one IMSA cars I actually have not heard of.

@waynewreck5383 15 күн бұрын

Excellent interview... I got to help pit on this car at Summit Point racetrack for an IMSA race. My buddy Matt Stanton worked for Chet at Electrodyne and we helped with tire changes during the weekend. It was a very cool race car but i remember it had mechanical troubles that weekend and DNF'd. 😎👍

@smallman5509 4 ай бұрын

May be the only "..You've Never Heard of" titles on youtube thats actually true. Great seeing just how many different Porsches they entered into IMSA.

@niosanfrancisco 4 ай бұрын

Remember this at Summit Point. What a Rocket

@fixyourautomobile 4 ай бұрын

I attempted at reverse engineering Audi's Umluft turbo system from the 80's Rally days. I'd love to see the wastegate plumbing assembly as described. Very curious.

@donreidy5422 4 ай бұрын

Great video. I love this stuff. I have pretty much stock 86 black 944. Run track Day at Road America. Love it .And the value is going up, win-win😎

@rickstormer2852 4 ай бұрын

Chet and Scott Vinchez proud to call them friends

@jimcurt99 4 ай бұрын

Seeing cars like that going full beans through the corkscrew just makes me happy :)

@user-cd3br5fi5j 4 ай бұрын

Love to see the car back on the track 🤟❤

@joshuaanothereraseddad 4 ай бұрын

I used to drive by Electrodyne all the time in Alexandria, VA. Would see some neat cars in the parking lot every once in a blue moon. They're off Eisenhower if I recall.

@yanholliday8876 5 ай бұрын

wasn't there a version of that beast made for trans-am, too ? i remember efr driving one, i think

@alaricbragg7843 5 ай бұрын

A similar car was raced in America by New Zealander Bruce Jenner in 1987 and was later brought over to New Zealand for a while and raced here by American Chris Knifel in the summer of 1993 for local Trans Am racing.

@skaldlouiscyphre2453 4 ай бұрын

Not to be confused with Caitlyn Jenner, who also competed in a few IMSA and Trans-Am races.

@alaricbragg7843 4 ай бұрын

@@skaldlouiscyphre2453 around the same time too! And did remarkably well.

@skaldlouiscyphre2453 4 ай бұрын

@@alaricbragg7843 That's why it stood out to me, how often are there two drivers with the same name competing at the same time?

@alaricbragg7843 4 ай бұрын

@@skaldlouiscyphre2453 It had me confused!

@chetvincentz384 4 ай бұрын

New Zealand Bruce Jenner was our crew chief in 1979 our Porsche 934.

@FuriousMess 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely gorgeous 🎉

@BobGeogeo 5 ай бұрын

100 inches wide?

@mcrichton46 4 ай бұрын

Saw it race with Chris Kniefel at the wheel in Dallas. Must have been 1988? Was a cool car to watch.

@slopetechno 4 ай бұрын

Great interviewing, but it would be amazing to see the chassis and engine with the covers off.

@laurencemoore2105 4 ай бұрын

-How many wastegates would you like? -Yes.

@sandrinedefaux3290 5 ай бұрын

what car is Lightning McQueen inspired by ? The world: a Corvette ! No a Nascar ! Me:

@bedeckt 5 ай бұрын

immediately had to think of Cars franchise before i read porsche or anything else

@neuntwelven 4 ай бұрын

What a great idea for endurance racing to have those 3 pee bottles mounted where the unused passenger seat would be. I usually just use a gatorade bottle, but it rolls around and can interfere with the pedals. Being above waist level, though, how is that engineered to raise the fluid level to shoulder height? Vacuum port? Is the attachment mechanism uncomfortable?

@mattnewfoxred 4 ай бұрын

Only 1 is infact a pee bottle. The other 2 consisting of a back feeding hemorrhoid cream and an embalming fluid to store spare balls in ready for when the driver chooses to twist the giant boost knob in the cockpit there.

@user-wu8zd9uz9d 4 ай бұрын

Excellent explanation. Laughed out loud. @@mattnewfoxred

@danielvandersall6756 4 ай бұрын

Such a fantastic car--unfortunately, it struggled with the "But it's for people who can't afford a 911" curse.

@user-vo9pn3sn1x 4 ай бұрын

Your right, its a shame. I've always thought of it as the thinking man's Porsche.

@whmartin1 4 ай бұрын

See why Toprak got tempted to BMW now! “Ve give you MEGA paddock scooter!”

@chrisroot7182 4 ай бұрын

Cool car. Would have loved to have seen the powerplant.

@nelisvanwieren9508 4 ай бұрын

I've seen this. It raced GTO class

@matternst1442 4 ай бұрын

I’m going to miss that race track

@Adam-ub9nu 4 ай бұрын

What? Why? Are they tearing it up?!

@matternst1442 4 ай бұрын

@@Adam-ub9nu d bag neighbors are suing over noise. They are trying but I doubt they will

@warhog258 4 ай бұрын

It's not going anywhere. Don't listen to drama queens on youtube or clickbait headlines.

@333pg333 4 ай бұрын

This car should be faster than the GT3 Cup cars. Unusual how they blocked the rear fender flares at the back? The whole reason for this design ('Boss' 924 GTR) was to open up and evacuate the rear wheelhouse pressure area.

@jsyndicate44 4 ай бұрын

944 thumbs up lol👍

@jockellis 4 ай бұрын

I own a 944 and couldn’t recognize this one. Not Cummings, Cumming. I live there.

@user-vo9pn3sn1x 4 ай бұрын

"You've never heard of" say's who! People watching these videos more than likely have heard of it.

@hawaiianpunch6534 4 ай бұрын

The Jake Ryan Car

@cogboy302 5 ай бұрын

One thing which makes my teeth itch is the completely random spacing between the rivets on the aluminium heat shield around the side exit wastegates. Hnnnnnnnnng.

@arthurmchugh5184 4 ай бұрын

How about taking the hood off !!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊

@tomrobinson7879 4 ай бұрын

Cleetus McFarland's Dad?

@discodan2265 5 ай бұрын

Lightning McQueen

@comjanatl 4 ай бұрын

too much talking not enough car

@jeremyhansen8186 4 ай бұрын

Moist

@sonicstep 5 ай бұрын

Panel work looks unrefined to say the least.

@cogboy302 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, well, it's a race car. I doubt they'll be entering it into the Cartier Style et Luxe show anytime soon. Rubbing is racing after all.

@user-wu8zd9uz9d 4 ай бұрын

You should have seen the first gen Monzas

@billsmith5960 3 ай бұрын

The reason why it was never heard of is because it was slow and unreliable. Pretty much like the rest of the 944T tube frame cars. I think Chris Kneifel got the TA version of it, its only ever win. Other than that, they broke down, grenaded motors and just were off the pace. I guess today, they are a classic. Alex Springer? Come on. Also, he never cared for those cars. Just the 962's that were becoming noncompetitive.

@erikbritz8095 9 күн бұрын

Are you talking bout the early 90s when the 962s was still used just not by porsche themselves? Cause if so your a bit out if line the 962s was still in a d around the podiums with other teams but there was the issue other teams not porsche was using them and did not know what they were doing. You just sound like a porsche hater here tho.

@billsmith5960 8 күн бұрын

@@erikbritz8095 - They had their moments but Nissan and Toyota were way ahead of the game. Thus the domination. It was a lesson learned and thus why it’s not a free for all today. Same for that 944T. Way too much exclusive factory teams that made that car obsolete pretty quick.

@erikbritz8095 8 күн бұрын

@@billsmith5960 wait are you talking bout the Minolta? Or the Ts020? Cause look mate the minolta won one race, the Ts020 is from a different era where porsche did not compete 🤔😅

@billsmith5960 6 күн бұрын

@@erikbritz8095 Minolta? I have no idea what you are talking about.