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Each month, Panorama magazine brings you the best from the world
of Porsche. Races, vintage car shows, technical articles, we cover
it all!
At Panorama, we never have room for all the pictures we'd like
to share with our readers. Here are some photos that just wouldn't
fit into the magazine this month.
This month's photo gallery comes from our story on perhaps the
longest-lived competition 911 ever. Peter Kitchak's RSR, which
Mike Keyser debuted at Sebring in 1973, defied gravity and age
when it came within one point of the World Challenge title in
1999. Our gallery takes a look back at Sebring's rebirth in 1973.
Cancelled by the FIA and SCCA, the old track found new life with
a production car format and IMSA. Three vivid yellow 911 RSRs
squeaked into the U.S. just in time to start the race- and came
close to scoring a hat trick. Here are some of Leonard Turner's
photos from that race.
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Klaus Selbert and Siegfried Glage found the going tough
in their GTU 911, but managed to finish in the top twenty.
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Mike Keyser and Milt Minter survived a harrowing
fire in "Ole #1," as Keyser calls the 911 now, to
finish second overall behind Peter Gregg and Hurley
Haywood.
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Before the start, everything looked
great in the fuel department. A fire caused by fuel
overflow, however, scalded the rear of the Carrera
and burned out the tach as well-making the last eight
hours of the race an adventure.
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Peter Gregg and the Brumos RSR at twilight.
The margin of victory was barely one lap.
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With the rev counter gone on a car they had taken
delivery of 48 hours earlier, Milt Minter goes for
broke.
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Classic oversteer: Steve "Yogi" Behr, Don Lindley
and Brian Goellnicht scored the GTU class victory,
finishing seventh overall.
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Elliott Forbes-Robinson and Gray Egerton, in the
third yellow RSR, hung in for fourth overall behind
John Greenwood's Corvette after a late pitstop thwarted
what was shaping up as a Carrera hat trick.
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Crew chief Hans Mandt (foreground), drivers Milt
Minter and Mike Keyser have had only two days to get
used to the new car.
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Peter Gregg shows the style the world would become
accustomed to as he charges a Corvette.
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Bruce Jennings in his GTU 911S leads the way through
Sebring's famous but long gone Webster turn.
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In 1972, Mike Keyser's 911S, proudly wearing a Porsche
Club of America windshield banner, DNF'd with engine
trouble. A year later, "Ole #1" would make history.
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web editors note - for more on Michael Keysers' exploits
in 1972, take a look this sample article.
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See the February issue for the full story on "Ole #1,"
read rally champion Jeff Zwart's comparison of the 911 GT2
to all-wheel-drive 911 Turbos on Pikes Peak, Riesentöter
Region's Make-A-Wish driving event, the first picture of
the 911 GT3, Allan Caldwell's review of early 911 Motronic
engine systems and more.
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