1986 Le Mans 24 Hour Race | Opening Lap with Vern Schuppan | Porsche 962C

[@fittipaldi7326]

Thanks for dropping this footage .. amazing stuff. Shuppan stories of his win are legendary where the door almost blew off late in the races. Amazing

[@aircholo1245]

I meet Vern earlier this year. Great person an icon racing driver from Australia.

[@geedubb-q1u]

When drivers had to manually shift the cars. Those were the days.

[@cliffordbruber2791]

Very true. No paddle shifters like they have on the steering wheel these days with the Hypercars.

[@AccentShmaccent]

YES... good times!

[@weylandyutani6691]

Except for Shuppan who was driving an automatic transmission, according to the commentator anyway.

[@fueldragster]

Schuppan’s car actually was equipped with an automatic “PDK” gearbox. Audi also used this in one of their S1 Quattro Group B rally cars during the 1985 RAC Rally.

[@scottt5088]

@@weylandyutani6691 Correct. I recall that around the time of this race Porsche began experimenting with a PDK transmission. Early version of today's PDK.

[@MrGaryGG48]

A random thought just popped up... there are about a dozen cars of the leading class tail-gating at ~ 230 mph. If the guy up front blows a tire, blinks wrong, or anything else, ooooh there's gonna be a mess!!

[@paulreilly3904]

Didn't know they'd shoved an auto in one of them!!

[@mihill27]

Thats how they developed the PDK dual-clutch transmission. Race proven, It's in nearly every Porsche made today.

[@paulreilly3904]

@@mihill27 Thank you for your reply. It makes perfect sense. I was aware of said transmission and that it's in current road cars, but not where it had been developed. Thank you for adding value to the comments.