All the Fun of the Fair…

Posted: December 8, 2022 in Fotos, Sports Racers
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(R Schlegelmilch)

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.

(unattributed)

Photo Credit…

Rainer Schlegelmilch

Finito…

Comments
  1. Rob says:

    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

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