Yeh but who wants to watch tests of a honda civic

+Zac Youngson I would, Tiff will make an Integra dance

That was based on gearing and engine revs alone. They didn't factor in tyre slip. The highest speed ever recorded by a 917 at Le Mans was 362 km/h (224.4 mph): www.mulsannescorner.com/maxspeed.html Corrected for tyre slip, the speeds are pretty much identical. But in any case, those speeds are a lot less important than finishing races and winning championships.

@Mr Calcium Right. It’s funny how people talk as though 362 km/h is somehow not fast. The Jags did up to 389 and that made them the fastest non-turbo cars (in a straight line). They had excellent brakes and acceleration. Reliability was good too. 🙂 From the XJR8 on, they were always a threat and Walkinshaw always had excellent drivers.

top-level sportscar racing goes in boom/bust cycles. it becomes popular, loads of manufacturers enter, big manufacturers spend ever increasing amounts on it, private entries leave, manufacturers who aren't winning begin to leave, only one manufacturer is left (peugeot/mercedes/audi), then the series gets cancelled or becomes an essentially one-make series (almost the entire 2000s). and as porsche has thrown in the towel now.....we're there again.

fuck are you talking about dude. it was never even remotely more popular than f1

you are so fucking stupid or just trolling. It was never even popular enough to be considered a "real rival" to Formula 1, as awesome as it was..... The FIA is far bigger than you realize, not everything is a conspiracy you idiot.

in the year befor the rule change (ordered by Bernie) Group C was indeed more popular and attracked more viewers... Bernie forced FIA to push Group C rules that all had to use F1 sourced 3.5l V10... that killed the Mazda rotary, Mercedes V8, Jag V12, Porsche flat 6... the next season Group C was dead

Oh yes!

The Lola T600 got those rear covers in 1981 .

Modern day F1 has also not ran there in race conditions since the 70s...

They have run cars to try and beat it though

Gabe Kremer BMW-Sauber at least once, but it is very different to do a demo run vs. actual competitive event/race.

as much as I enjoy these old machines, the future is electric: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o8mVo6pqud3Fj2w.html

By 1989 the 962 was a bit old in the tooth and had run its course. Major manufacturers had surpassed it technologically. Porsche themselves had stopped racing them. Only privateers were running them trying to get the most out of them with whatever tweaks they could find. The 956/962 had done its job winning Le Mans six times in a row from '82 to '87. Would be seven in a row if you include the 936 win in '81.

@@deckard2665 They still won one race as late as 1989.

@@thethirdman225 No the '89 race went to the Sauber-Mercedes-Benz. The 962 did win in the GT category in 1993 though, and it was the last Le Mans race win for the 962/956 a full twelve years after its first. Pretty impressive.

Deckard You’re talking only about Le Mans.

@@thethirdman225 Yes I stated that in the post. Actually it was 1994 that was the last 962 Le Mans victory. It was in GT class not Group C.

I do agree, I watch Top Gear but when challenges happen -I tend to change the channel and come back when they are testing a car. Did it use to be more about the cars and less about the entertainment?