The Herbie Muller/Claude Haldi/Nick McGranger Porsche 935 during practice at Le Mans in June 1978…
It’s such a wonderful image evocative of a fun weekend in rural France. They failed to finish with a broken gearbox casing after 140 laps, during the 14th hour.
The Group 5 class was won by the Kremer Porsche 935 crewed by Jim Busby/Chris Cord/Rick Knoop, while the outright winner was the Alpine Renault A442B of Didier Pironi and Jean-Pierre Jaussaud. The 2-litre turbo-charged V6 prototype prevailed over the 2.1-litre flat-six turbo-charged Porsche 936/78 of Bob Wollek, Jurgen Barth and Jacky Ickx by five laps in an historic win for the French team.
Photo Credit…
Rainer Schlegelmilch
Finito…
Hi Mark,
I believe that the Porsche in the image above is actually the No 48 935 of Herbert Muller / Claude Haldi / “Nico”.
Please see
https://www.motorsportimages.com/photo/1016930555-24-hours-of-le-mans/1016930555/?race_type_id=&search=haldi
Cheers,
Rob Bartholomaeus
Thanks Rob,
I’ve seen enough 934s and 935s to know the difference. Epic Fail!
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