Former Formula 1 driver and team owner Tim Parnell has died at the age of 84.Born into racing blood – his father Reg was also a driver and achieved considerable renown as a team manager – the Brit's two F1 starts came in the 1961 British and Italian GPs, both...

NINE-SEVENTEEN. It somehow sounds right, doesn't it? But then everything about Porsche's first outright winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours was right: the way it performed, the way it looked, and even the colors in which it raced. That the Porsche 917 was a thing of beauty, wrapped in...

Some 45 years on from its debut in 1969, Porsche's mighty 917 is still revered and remembered as perhaps the greatest sports car ever. In The Great Cars III issue of RACER, we tell the story of this awe-inspiring car, and have an exclusive photoshoot with Porsche 917-015, restored at...

Related StoriesThis August's classic car auction at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in Monterey will include one of the most desirable vintage racecars ever – a 1969 Porsche 917K in Gulf livery that was featured in the 1971 movie "Le Mans" starring Steve McQueen. The car won the race in...