964 CARRERA RS N/GT

Words Dan Furr

With the demise of Group C came a desire for Porsche to focus its motorsport programme on GT racing, beginning with development of the Carrera Cup series, established following success Porsche enjoyed with 944 Turbo Cup, the manufacturer’s first single-make championship. Factory motorsport engineer, Roland Kussmaul, was therefore asked to draw on his experience with the 911 SC RS project to produce a Cup version of the 964. By mid-1990, a limited run of 964 Cup cars was in the works, but with little in the way of headline sponsor interest for the new race series, not to mention Carrera Cup being a closed competition, Porsche needed a new privateer-friendly racing 911 capable of garnering wins, thereby heightening brand visibility in a range of series all over the world. At…

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Classic Porsche (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2024

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