Kuyambira pakati pazaka zapitazi, Porsche yakhala ikupezeka nthawi zonse mumipikisano yayikulu yopirira padziko lonse lapansi. Ndipo kuyankhula za Le Mans ndikukamba za Porsche. Ndiwo mtundu womwe uli ndi zipambano zambiri mumpikisano wopilira wanthanowu.
Pogwiritsa ntchito malamulo atsopano, chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1960 chizindikiro cha Germany chinapanga chimodzi mwazinthu zodziwika bwino komanso zofunidwa kwambiri, Porsche 917. Koma akatswiri a Porsche sanayime pamenepo: chitukuko cha galimoto yamasewera chinafika pachimake chowonjezereka. patsogolo ndipo, koposa zonse, aerodynamic, mu 1970, ndi Porsche 917k pa (Kurzhek). Kuchokera pazitsanzo zoletsedwa zomwe zinabwera kudzawona kuwala kwa tsiku, mmodzi wa iwo ali ndi nkhani yopambana, osati pamayendedwe okha, komanso pawindo lalikulu.
Chitsanzo chomwe chikufunsidwa, chokhala ndi chassis 917-024, chinagwiritsidwa ntchito muyeso ku Le Mans chaka chomwecho, ndi okwera Brian Redman ndi Mike Hailwood. Pambuyo pake, Porsche 917K idagulitsidwa kwa Jo Siffert, woyendetsa mayeso a Porsche, yemwe adapereka ku Solar Productions. kuti igwiritsidwe ntchito mufilimu ya 1971 Le Mans, yodziwika ndi Steve McQueen . Kuwonjezera pa kukhala mmodzi wa ziwerengero zazikulu mufilimuyi, galimotoyo idagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati galimoto ya kamera - inali galimoto yokhayo yomwe imatha kutsata ma prototypes ena muzotsatizana zojambulidwa pa dera.
Jo Siffert adasunga galimoto yamasewera m'gulu lake mpaka imfa yake - Porsche 917K adatsogoleranso ulendo wamaliro pamaliro ake. Galimotoyo idagulitsidwa kwa wokhometsa wa ku France, yemwe adasiyidwa mpaka 2001, chaka chomwe galimoto yamasewera idapezeka m'nyumba yosungiramo zinthu.
Porsche 917K tsopano yachita ntchito yayikulu yokonzanso ku Switzerland ndipo ipezeka kuti igulitsidwe, ndi tsiku ndi malo omwe adzatsimikizidwebe. Gooding & Company akuti mtengowu ukhoza kufika madola 16 miliyoni, pafupifupi ma euro 14 miliyoni.