Geez. As a spectator I remember that Porsche. Great stories there. Thanks!
@chrisdooley11848 ай бұрын
I miss 1980’s racing. Something so visceral and raw about the machines like this beauty.
@AbandonedRaven8 ай бұрын
Looks like a combination between a NASCAR and a Super Silhouette.
@CyanRooper8 ай бұрын
It resembles the IMSA GTU RX7s with box flares from the early 80s (not surprising considering the IMSA RX7s were inspired by the Porsche 935s that were so dominant during the 70s and 80s).
@warhog2588 ай бұрын
@@CyanRooper The 924 came out 2 years before the RX-7 and the basis for the 944 GTR is the 924 GTP from 1980 and the 944 GTP of 1981.
@mcrichton468 ай бұрын
IMSA Camel GT was truly unparalleled.
@keithbarker-e4q8 ай бұрын
I love the detail, the facts, the passion that pours out from these people. Love it all. Keith
@johnnyturbo84606 ай бұрын
I remember seeing that car in the Electrodine show room in Alexandia, VA. (In the 90s) I worked at a local Porsche speed shop at the time. I worked on Chet's BMW a few times. (The original owner he mentioned) I drooled over it many times, lol
@kresimirmilisa55608 ай бұрын
A racing classic of a car.
@niosanfrancisco8 ай бұрын
Electrodyne and Racing Dynamics were amazing back in the 80s. This car was in their showroom. Just like yesterday.
@waynewreck53834 ай бұрын
Excellent interview... I got to help pit on this car at Summit Point racetrack for an IMSA race. My buddy Matt Stanton worked for Chet at Electrodyne and we helped with tire changes during the weekend. It was a very cool race car but i remember it had mechanical troubles that weekend and DNF'd. 😎👍
@Adam-ub9nu8 ай бұрын
Truly one IMSA cars I actually have not heard of.
@smallman55098 ай бұрын
May be the only "..You've Never Heard of" titles on youtube thats actually true. Great seeing just how many different Porsches they entered into IMSA.
@donreidy54228 ай бұрын
Great video. I love this stuff. I have pretty much stock 86 black 944. Run track Day at Road America. Love it .And the value is going up, win-win😎
@niosanfrancisco8 ай бұрын
Remember this at Summit Point. What a Rocket
@jimcurt998 ай бұрын
Seeing cars like that going full beans through the corkscrew just makes me happy :)
@joshuaanothereraseddad8 ай бұрын
I used to drive by Electrodyne all the time in Alexandria, VA. Would see some neat cars in the parking lot every once in a blue moon. They're off Eisenhower if I recall.
@rickstormer28528 ай бұрын
Chet and Scott Vinchez proud to call them friends
@yanholliday88768 ай бұрын
wasn't there a version of that beast made for trans-am, too ? i remember efr driving one, i think
@alaricbragg78438 ай бұрын
A similar car was raced in America by New Zealander Bruce Jenner in 1987 and was later brought over to New Zealand for a while and raced here by American Chris Knifel in the summer of 1993 for local Trans Am racing.
@skaldlouiscyphre24538 ай бұрын
Not to be confused with Caitlyn Jenner, who also competed in a few IMSA and Trans-Am races.
@alaricbragg78438 ай бұрын
@@skaldlouiscyphre2453 around the same time too! And did remarkably well.
@skaldlouiscyphre24538 ай бұрын
@@alaricbragg7843 That's why it stood out to me, how often are there two drivers with the same name competing at the same time?
@alaricbragg78438 ай бұрын
@@skaldlouiscyphre2453 It had me confused!
@chetvincentz3848 ай бұрын
New Zealand Bruce Jenner was our crew chief in 1979 our Porsche 934.
@slopetechno8 ай бұрын
Great interviewing, but it would be amazing to see the chassis and engine with the covers off.
@user-cd3br5fi5j8 ай бұрын
Love to see the car back on the track 🤟❤
@fixyourautomobile8 ай бұрын
I attempted at reverse engineering Audi's Umluft turbo system from the 80's Rally days. I'd love to see the wastegate plumbing assembly as described. Very curious.
@mcrichton468 ай бұрын
Saw it race with Chris Kniefel at the wheel in Dallas. Must have been 1988? Was a cool car to watch.
@laurencemoore21058 ай бұрын
-How many wastegates would you like? -Yes.
@jockellis8 ай бұрын
I own a 944 and couldn’t recognize this one. Not Cummings, Cumming. I live there.
@BobGeogeo8 ай бұрын
100 inches wide?
@sandrinedefaux32908 ай бұрын
what car is Lightning McQueen inspired by ? The world: a Corvette ! No a Nascar ! Me:
@bedeckt8 ай бұрын
immediately had to think of Cars franchise before i read porsche or anything else
@FuriousMess8 ай бұрын
Absolutely gorgeous 🎉
@neuntwelven8 ай бұрын
What a great idea for endurance racing to have those 3 pee bottles mounted where the unused passenger seat would be. I usually just use a gatorade bottle, but it rolls around and can interfere with the pedals. Being above waist level, though, how is that engineered to raise the fluid level to shoulder height? Vacuum port? Is the attachment mechanism uncomfortable?
@mattnewfoxred8 ай бұрын
Only 1 is infact a pee bottle. The other 2 consisting of a back feeding hemorrhoid cream and an embalming fluid to store spare balls in ready for when the driver chooses to twist the giant boost knob in the cockpit there.
@CarlDerry-j1w8 ай бұрын
Excellent explanation. Laughed out loud. @@mattnewfoxred
@whmartin18 ай бұрын
See why Toprak got tempted to BMW now! “Ve give you MEGA paddock scooter!”
@333pg3338 ай бұрын
This car should be faster than the GT3 Cup cars. Unusual how they blocked the rear fender flares at the back? The whole reason for this design ('Boss' 924 GTR) was to open up and evacuate the rear wheelhouse pressure area.
@matternst14428 ай бұрын
I’m going to miss that race track
@Adam-ub9nu8 ай бұрын
What? Why? Are they tearing it up?!
@matternst14428 ай бұрын
@@Adam-ub9nu d bag neighbors are suing over noise. They are trying but I doubt they will
@warhog2588 ай бұрын
It's not going anywhere. Don't listen to drama queens on youtube or clickbait headlines.
@jsyndicate448 ай бұрын
944 thumbs up lol👍
@danielvandersall67568 ай бұрын
Such a fantastic car--unfortunately, it struggled with the "But it's for people who can't afford a 911" curse.
@jamesgilbert-e8f8 ай бұрын
Your right, its a shame. I've always thought of it as the thinking man's Porsche.
@chrisroot71828 ай бұрын
Cool car. Would have loved to have seen the powerplant.
@nelisvanwieren95088 ай бұрын
I've seen this. It raced GTO class
@jamesgilbert-e8f8 ай бұрын
"You've never heard of" say's who! People watching these videos more than likely have heard of it.
@arthurmchugh51848 ай бұрын
How about taking the hood off !!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊
@hawaiianpunch65348 ай бұрын
The Jake Ryan Car
@cogboy3028 ай бұрын
One thing which makes my teeth itch is the completely random spacing between the rivets on the aluminium heat shield around the side exit wastegates. Hnnnnnnnnng.
@tomrobinson78798 ай бұрын
Cleetus McFarland's Dad?
@discodan22658 ай бұрын
Lightning McQueen
@comjanatl8 ай бұрын
too much talking not enough car
@Ch0mp0nth1sАй бұрын
Disappointed they didn't show the engine or anything mechanical
@billsmith59607 ай бұрын
The reason why it was never heard of is because it was slow and unreliable. Pretty much like the rest of the 944T tube frame cars. I think Chris Kneifel got the TA version of it, its only ever win. Other than that, they broke down, grenaded motors and just were off the pace. I guess today, they are a classic. Alex Springer? Come on. Also, he never cared for those cars. Just the 962's that were becoming noncompetitive.
@EBMproductions14 ай бұрын
Are you talking bout the early 90s when the 962s was still used just not by porsche themselves? Cause if so your a bit out if line the 962s was still in a d around the podiums with other teams but there was the issue other teams not porsche was using them and did not know what they were doing. You just sound like a porsche hater here tho.
@billsmith59604 ай бұрын
@@EBMproductions1 - They had their moments but Nissan and Toyota were way ahead of the game. Thus the domination. It was a lesson learned and thus why it’s not a free for all today. Same for that 944T. Way too much exclusive factory teams that made that car obsolete pretty quick.
@EBMproductions14 ай бұрын
@@billsmith5960 wait are you talking bout the Minolta? Or the Ts020? Cause look mate the minolta won one race, the Ts020 is from a different era where porsche did not compete 🤔😅
@billsmith59603 ай бұрын
@@EBMproductions1 Minolta? I have no idea what you are talking about.
@jeremyhansen81868 ай бұрын
Moist
@topforce5298Ай бұрын
Doesn´t looks fast.
@ИлиянМаринов-х6р8 ай бұрын
600 PS ? Can you like for once use normal unit for power ? Horsepower or Kilowats ?
@Mini-z19948 ай бұрын
A simple search online converts 600 ps to 591 hp.
@nihilbaxter37648 ай бұрын
PS= the german word "Pferdestärke" which means horsepower. It is kW*1,36 (BHP is slightly different)
@ИлиянМаринов-х6р8 ай бұрын
@@Mini-z1994 as even more simple to put 591 HP instead of 600 PS and everyone can be happy
@333pg3338 ай бұрын
Can you, like, like, like for once think outside the US? smh...
@ИлиянМаринов-х6р8 ай бұрын
@@333pg333 Bro im not from there and btw you got a stroke there ? (like , like ,like)
@sonicstep8 ай бұрын
Panel work looks unrefined to say the least.
@cogboy3028 ай бұрын
Yeah, well, it's a race car. I doubt they'll be entering it into the Cartier Style et Luxe show anytime soon. Rubbing is racing after all.