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962 ( CMLXII) fue un año común comenzado en miércoles del calendario juliano, en vigor en aquella fecha. Acontecimientos. 2 de febrero - Sacro Imperio Romano Germánico: El papa Juan XII consagra emperador a Otón I en Roma, considerándose este hecho el principio del Imperio. Nacimientos. Eduardo el Mártir, rey de Inglaterra. Fallecimientos.
Porsche 962. El Porsche 962 (también conocido como Porsche 962C para el Grupo C) fue un sport prototipo auto construido por la marca alemana Porsche para reemplazar al Porsche 956. Fue diseñado principalmente para la IMSA GTP, aunque después corrió en el Grupo C europeo al igual que el 956.
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When the Porsche 956 was developed in late 1981, the intention of Porsche was to run the car in both the World Sportscar Championship and the North American IMSA GTP Championship. However IMSA GTP regulations differed from Group C and subsequently the 956 was banned in the US series on safety grounds as the driver's feet were ahead of the front axl...
Porsche debuted the 962 at the 1984 24 Hours of Daytona with Mario and Michael Andretti driving the factory car which led the race until it retired during lap 127 with engine and gearbox problems. The first 962 to appear at Le Mans and indeed in Europe was also in 1984 when American Preston Henn entered one in the IMSA GTP class. The car, driven by...
Towards the end of the car's competition life, a number of privateer teams and tuners began converting 962s for road use. The concept was that the 962, which had performed so well on the track, would be ideally suited as a supercar for the road. An almost standard car was registered (BB-PW 962) and briefly driven on the road for a German magazine, ...
31 de ago. de 2022 · The trilogy charts the 962 from the earliest days of the project, with detailed accounts of negotiations between Porsche and IMSA on how best to adapt the 956 to the Camel GT championship, and the rapid development program headed by Norbert Singer.
- Lawrence Butcher
By place. Byzantine Empire. Europe. Scotland. By topic. Religion. Births. Deaths. References. 962. King Otto I ( the Great) is crowned with the Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire. Year 962 ( CMLXII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar . Events [ edit] By place [ edit]
The Porsche 962 arrived on scene in 1984 as essentially a Porsche 956 for the IMSA/US market. A biturbo version was used in competition racing in Europe, while an IMSA version with a turbocharger featured in North America. The 962 C was based on the 956, with a 120 millimetre longer wheelbase and competed in LeMans. It differed from the IMSA version. The driver trio Stuck/Bell/Holbert was ...
28 de ene. de 2021 · A new video from ISSIMI’s BTS with DTS tracks the history of the program that led to Porsche’s dominant Group C racer. Although the 956 and the 962 differ in a few ways, those differences were ...
