The Porsche 935 was introduced in 1976, as the racing version of the Porsche 930 (911 Turbo), prepared for FIA-Group 5 rules (similar to the Porsche 934 which was built for the more standard Group 4). Porsche Logo, claiming fair use This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... The 930 (usually pronounced nine-thirty) was a sports car built by Porsche, 930 actually being the Type Number for the pre-964 generation 911 Turbo produced between 1975 and 1989. ... The Fédération Internationale de lAutomobile, commonly referred to as the FIA, is a non-profit association established in 1904 to represent the interest of motoring organisations and motor car users. ... A Group 5 element is an element in periodic table group 5 (IUPAC style) in the periodic table, which consists of: vanadium (23) niobium (41) tantalum (73) dubnium (105) All of these elements are classed in Group 5 because their valence shell holds four electrons. ... The Porsche 934 is a racing version of the Porsche 911 Turbo, prepared to FIA Group 4 rules. ... A Group 4 element is an element in periodic table group 4 (IUPAC style) in the periodic table, which consists of: titanium (22) zirconium (40) hafnium (72) rutherfordium (104) All of these elements are classed in Group 4 because their valence shell holds four electrons. ...

The 935 raced in various championships including the World Sportscar Championship, the IMSA championship and the Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft (DRM). Usually, no other make could challenge the Porsche 935, but as there were plenty of 935, racing was entertaining anyway. The World Sportscar Championship was a series run by the FIA from 1953 to 1992. ... The International Motor Sports Association is an American auto racing sanctioning body. ... Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft (German Racing Championship) or DRM as it was known as, the precessor of modern DTM, began as a touring car and GT race for A2 (BMW 2002) and A4 (BMW CSL) cars in 1972 in addition to the Rundstreckenmeisterschaft (German endurance saloon car championship), races were ran...

935/76

The car debuted in the 1976 season by the Martini sponsored works team in the FIA World Championship for Makes with Jacky Ickx and Jochen Mass partnering in one car and Rolf Stommelen and Manfred Schurti in the other. As in Group 5 rules, also known as Silhouette rules, several significant modifications were allowed (including bodywork modifications, larger wings, wider axles and water cooling), the 935 changed its looks often. First, the whale tail rear wing appeared, then the rear fenders were extended in a similar fashion. See: Martini (cocktail) - a popular cocktail. ... The World Sportscar Championship was a series run by the FIA from 1953 to 1992. ... Jacques Bernard (Jacky) Ickx, (born January 1, 1945 in Brussels) is a Belgian racing driver known for his success in Formula One and his six wins in the 24 hours of Le Mans. ... Jochen Mass, born September 30, 1946 was a Formula One driver from Germany. ... Rolf Stommelen was a Formula One driver from Germany born on July 11, 1943. ...

Initially, Porsche were to run the 935 with its original nose in two different guises (the sprint version with a wider version of its wheelarches and a high speed with a modified aerodynamic version. But however, after carefully studying the rulebooks, Porsche discovered a loophole which gave them the liberty to move the headlights into the front spoiler to reduce drag and create more downforce for high speed circuits. The "original" This flat nose became the distinguishing feature of the 935 and was often copied for road going 911. The sprint setup became seldomly used.

The engine was a 2.85 L 560hp version of the regular 3.0 L flat-6, which ran in the 4.0 L class as a turbocharged car with a penalty factor of 1.4. Weight was 970 kg (2136 lb). The flat-6 engine of the Honda Valkyrie motorcycle A flat-6 is a 6 cylinder configuration of a flat engine or boxer engine. ... Air foil bearing-supported turbocharger cutaway made by Mohawk Innovative Technology Inc. ...

Based on the 1976 version, the Porsche 935 was sold to privateer teams for the 1977 season.

935/77

The factory continued to develop and race a factory 935 though. For 1977, the single turbo was replaced by two KKK units, and the body was changed. Customers were not happy that the factory would race them with a newer car, but as the 935/77 was often unreliable, it could be beaten.

A "Baby" version with the 935/77 body, but with only 750kg and 370hp from only 1425 cc to race in the 2.0 L class of the DRM, was developed to prove that Porsche could win in this class against BMW and Ford, too. It won in the second entry at Hockenheimring and was retired to the Porsche Museum. BMW AG (an abbreviation of Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, or in English, Bavarian Motor Works), is a German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. ... Ford may mean a number of things: A ford is a river crossing. ... The Hockenheimring is a motor racing circuit situated near the town of Hockenheim in Germany. ...

935/78 "Moby Dick"

For 1978, yet another version was developed, the 935/78. It took full advantage of loop holes in the Group 5 rules and was lowered by 10cm. Because of its shape, with a long front and rear optimised for low drag, the 935/78 was often nicknamed Moby Dick. The engine was enlarged to 3.2 L and equipped with water-cooled four valve cylinder heads, pushing the output to 750 hp (about 560 kW). This version won the 6h of Silverstone and was the fastest car on the straight in Le Mans at over 360 km/h, easily passing the prototypes of Renault and their team-mate Porsche 936, too, as the Group 6 cars had smaller engines. Moby-Dick book cover Moby-Dick — the hyphen in the title is present in the original edition — is a novel by Herman Melville. ... Map sources for Silverstone at grid reference SP670440 Silverstone is a medium sized village in Northamptonshire, England. ... Le Mans is a city in France, located at the Sarthe River. ... Renault S.A. is a French vehicle manufacturer producing small to upper-midsize cars, vans, buses and trucks. ... The Porsche 936 was introduced in 1976 by Porsche as a successor to the Porsche 908 to compete in the FIA Group 6 sports car world championship, which it won (as did the Porsche 935 in its championship) . The open top, two seater spyder was powered by a 2140cc 540...

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935 "K3"

Porsche hesitated to sell these Evolution models, so some teams developed their own ideas, especially Kremer Racing from Cologne, Germany. Their 935 K3, driven by Klaus Ludwig, won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1979 in heavy rain, beating all prototypes. Coming second was a factory spec model, driven by Rolf Stommelen, supported by team owner Dick Barbour and actor Paul Newman. Cologne Cathedral with Hohenzollern Bridge Cologne (German: (help· info) ; Kölsch: Kölle) is Germanys fourth-largest city after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the largest... Klaus Ludwig (born May 5, 1949 in Bonn, Germany) was probably Germanys best race driver that did not enter Formula One. ... Rolf Stommelen was a Formula One driver from Germany born on July 11, 1943. ... Paul Leonard Newman (born January 26, 1925) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and film director. ...

Success

Until 1984, the 935 won over 150 races worldwide, including over 20 class wins. It scored outright wins in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Daytona 24 Hours and the Sebring 12 Hours. It was also undefeated in the German DRM between 1977 and 1979 and won many races on the famous Nürburgring Nordschleife, including the 1000km Nürburgring. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The 24 Hours of Daytona is an automotive endurance race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. ... The 12 Hours of Sebring is an annual motorsport endurance race held at Sebring Raceway, a former Air Force base in Sebring, Florida. ... The acronym DRM can stand for: Digital Rights Management (or Digital restriction management) Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft (German: German Racing Championship), 70s national racing series, best known as the father of DTM Design Reference Mission - A template for a NASA mission to Mars. ... The Nürburgring (alternative spelling: Nuerburgring), known as simply the Ring by enthusiasts, is the name of a famous road racing circuit for autos or motorcycles in Germany, of which there are several configurations. ... The ADAC 1000km Nürburgring is a Endurance racing and Sports car racing events on the Nürburgring in Germany, organized by ADAC since 1953. ...

After Group 5 was discontinued by FIA after 1981, the 935 continued to race in IMSA's GTP category alongside FIA Group C cars, usually entered by smaller privateer names, who could not afford the new Porsche 956. Group C was a category of auto racing, and was introduced into sports car racing by the FIA (the governing body of World motor racing) during the early 1980s. ... The Porsche 956 was a race car built by Porsche which designed it in 1982 for FIA Group C racing. ...

In Popular Media

The 935 appears as the Autobot Jazz in The Transformers with its trademark front nose and a sprint rear arches. The Autobots (also known as Cybertrons in Japan) are the heroes in the Transformers toyline and related spin-off comics and cartoons. ... Jazz is an original American musical art form originating around the early 1920s in New Orleans, rooted in Western music technique and theory, and is marked by the profound cultural contributions of African Americans. ... Various Transformers toys Transformers is the name of a line of toys produced by Hasbro from 1984 onwards, and also of a number of spin-offs based on the toys including a Marvel Comics series, an animated television series that began airing on 1984 (Transformers series) and a feature-length...

A 935 can be seen in the Cannonball Run movie. Cannonball Run can refer to the following: Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, an outlaw automobile race of the 1970s or its many copycat successors Cannonball Run and Cannonball Run II, movies inspired by the races Cannonball Run 2001, a USA Network reality television show inspired by...

External links

• Porsche official website
• 1976 935 at official Porsche website
• 1978 935 "Moby Dick" at official Porsche website
• Porsche 935 Forum
• Profile of the 935/77 2 Ltr "Baby"
• Profile of the 935/78 "Moby Dick"