PORSCHE 962/88 - THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 962 011

The Group C era in sportscar racing, which started in 1982, led to Porsche's most celebrated — and most successful — thoroughbred race car ever: the Typ 956. More successful than the mythical 917, it won almost every World Endurance Championship race it entered, including four consecutive Le Mans 24 Hours, and notched up every world, European and national championship or title possible, multiple times over. Its successor, the Typ 962 and later Typ 962C, initially developed for the American IMSA series, continued where the 956 left off, scoring victories twice more at Le Mans and over 50 times in IMSA races, plus yet more wins and titles in Germany and Japan.

Of the 19 works Porsche 962s built to various specifications, it was chassis 962 011 — the car featured in this book — that turned out to be the most successful. This authoritative account (the 19th in the Great Cars series) tells this very special car's entire story, embracing 46 races and nine victories during a five-year active career that saw it compete in the highest echelons of sportscar racing in Europe, America and Japan.