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turbo Porsches. The big
cars wi l L be in the pits
fueling up as much as they
w i l L b e o n t h e t r a c k.
G r o u p C c a r s w i L l b e
limited to 16-inch wheels
and a total L weight limit of
800 kilograms [1764 pounds).Jantke sums
"You have a givenfuel for a gi
and the car w
t h e d i s t a n
shortest time
For 1982, the
will be a L low
(11.9 ga l lons)100 kilometers i
Porsche co n s i
g e n e r o u s a n d
problems with
allotment. Car
more than the
rate wiLL simply
fu e l an d no tvan
it up as,
amount of
distancehich covers
c e i n t h e
is the best."
Group C cars
Bd 65 liters
of fuel pern the
da rs
see
the
s tha
speci
run orace.
that
s n o
fue l
t use
fie d
ut offinish.
E a c h y e a r, t h e
consumption rate wiILl
decrease until in 1986, the
racers wi L l be required to
cover the 100 ki lometers
wi th less than 40 lite rs
(7.3 gallons) of fueL.
Jantke says the 650 bhp
engines can't do it, which
means the engines will have
to be de-tuned to 500 bhp.
The ru les do not, for now,
a L low for weight reduction.
Improved aerodynamics wi L l
probab ly a Lso be required
to remain competitive.As
Panorama
ground-y ou can see (in
), the new car is a
effects car, notunlike the IMSA GTP
seen last year. This
be the fi rst-ever mono
chassis for a Porsche
car, even though aL
Porsche's street carsLo La
will
coque
race
L of
havebeen monocoque. All of the
"pure" race cars, from 550s
t o 9 3 6 s h a v e b e e n
s p a c e- f r a m e c a r s.
Initially, the car wiLl use
the engine developed for
Indy and used in the 936 to
win Le Mans last year.
S o m e o t h e r r a ci n g
activities have been
rumored. Fo r examp le,there are r
Group C cars
or being made
SCCA's Can
Unfo rtunate
six-race ser
and none are
t h a n 1000
course, Por
activ e on
fron ts. Th
several team
9 2 4 c a r s i
Trans-AM seri
doesn't have
close venueumors of the
either fitting
legal for the
-AM se ries.
ly, that is a
ies as of now
closer to us
miles. Of
sche is very
som e o th e rer
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n
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anye
E
tnumerous Porsches
SCCA "amateur" c
various p Laces a
Then, of course,
the rumors of 9
prepared at the f
wonder if a 928
N A S C A R' s r u le
t h u n d e r in g V8
(Thanks to ana
P
swill be
impai gni ng
he S CC A
which also
reasonably
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p e c i f i c a t i o n s 3
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Porsche Club of America. Maverick Region. Slipstream, Volume 11, Number 3, March 1982, periodical, March 1982; Southlake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth901442/m1/18/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Maverick Region Porsche Club of America.