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Post by Scalainjridesagain on Feb 15, 2024 3:25:27 GMT -5
Time for a proper mongrel that became top dog
Originally developed for the IMSA Series using WSC Rules, the WSC-95 started life as a TWR built XJR-14 chassis that whilst was Porsche approved it was not backed yet at the same time it was developed utilising both Porsche personnel and propulsion, namely the type 935 flat 6 turbo, but before it could be used the IMSA Regulations changed and Porsche cancelled the project. Step forward Reinhold Joest who convinced Porsche to let him run the prototype at Le Mans in 1986 and at the same time let him build a second car and modify the existing car to meet LMP1 rules and Porsche would help with development if Joest paid. He did
Both cars were finished just in time for the Le Mans test session where they set good times and even better in qualifying the No.8 took pole position whilst the No.7 car driven by Davy Jones, Alexander Wurz & Manuel Reuter was 5th which translated to 6th on the grid. Initially No.8 was overtaken by the two works 911 GT1s but by the fourth lap both WSC-95s were at the front at by the end of the first hour No.7 was in the lead and it stayed there all the way to the end completing 354 laps barely missing a beat making Wurz the youngest Le Mans winner and Joest a very happy man because part of his deal with Porsche meant if the car won he got to keep it.
Trofeu 1/43 - TWR Porsche WSC-95 - 1996 Le Mans 24 Hours - D.Jones, A.Wurz & M.Reuter - 1st
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Post by Tom on Feb 15, 2024 4:24:18 GMT -5
Leave it to Joest to squeeze a win out of anything... love the model and the back story.
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Post by reeft1 on Feb 15, 2024 5:25:12 GMT -5
That looks fast - and so it proved to be
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Post by DeadCanDanceR on Feb 15, 2024 9:53:40 GMT -5
Great looking model!
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Post by 105epaul on Feb 15, 2024 12:18:28 GMT -5
Nice model and great story behind it. I have a feeling that I have an older model of this or the sister car, that said my memory might be playing tricks.
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Post by raceoddity on Feb 15, 2024 12:38:03 GMT -5
Love the story here...TWR wins again, er... yay Joest. I swear that man could win Le Mans in a grocery cart given the opportunity. It's funny how often Mr Walkinshaw's fingerprints show up, the cheese shredder Mazdas of about this vintage come to mind.. Strangely enough didn't Mr Joest manage the recent high point in IMSA for Mazda?? Nice model, I likely have one by everyone that ever made it. excerpt these guys.... It looks good to my eyes Andy. Well done you!
Cheers Scott
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Post by Alfaholic on Feb 16, 2024 3:57:17 GMT -5
Le Mans Winner - tick Historic sports car marque - tick Interesting back story - tick Classy driver lineup - tick Gold wheels - tick Very handy for the livery link thread - tick i guess I like it .
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Post by Scalainjridesagain on Feb 17, 2024 5:38:16 GMT -5
Leave it to Joest to squeeze a win out of anything... love the model and the back story. The man certainly had an eye for the opportunities, and in many cases it paid off, this being a case in point. That looks fast - and so it proved to be It was and coupled with impressive reliability meant it cruised to the win in the end Of a not so good looking subject Nice model and great story behind it. I have a feeling that I have an older model of this or the sister car, that said my memory might be playing tricks. This is not the first time this has been released by Trofeu and Spark have made it too, plus the sister car for 96 (which is white) Love the story here...TWR wins again, er... yay Joest. I swear that man could win Le Mans in a grocery cart given the opportunity. It's funny how often Mr Walkinshaw's fingerprints show up, the cheese shredder Mazdas of about this vintage come to mind.. Strangely enough didn't Mr Joest manage the recent high point in IMSA for Mazda?? Nice model, I likely have one by everyone that ever made it. excerpt these guys.... It looks good to my eyes Andy. Well done you! Cheers Scott Indeed, shows how good that Jaguar chassis was due to some bloke called Brawn Those Mazdas were based on the same chassis type and yes he did in IMSA for Mazda in 2019 Thanks Scott
Le Mans Winner - tick Historic sports car marque - tick Interesting back story - tick Classy driver lineup - tick Gold wheels - tick Very handy for the livery link thread - tick i guess I like it . I guess you do, though i'd amend it too - Mongrel of two historic sports car marques - tick
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Post by Scalainjridesagain on Feb 17, 2024 6:12:36 GMT -5
The next one completes my podium finishers of all classes for Le Mans 2021 and has been released some 18 months after the others because I think it was initially released as a dealer model (made by Spark). Porsche entered two 911 RSR-19s in the GTE Pro class and both of them would get through to Hyperpole qualifying however the No.92 car with the driver line up of Michael Christensen, Kévin Estre & Neel Jani failed to record a time after Estre lost it at Indianapolis and smacked the barrier hard enough to damage the chassis and stop the session. Porsche had to repair the vehicle as they were not allowed to replace it and were granted an extra 20-minute shake down to confirm all was well, confirming their qualifying place of 37th which became 36th on the grid.
In the race they would gain 4 places in the first hour but thereafter it was a fairly steady drive so after 6 hours they were in 27th and by half distance they were still in the same position but two hours later they had gained 4 places and had moved into third in class. They then lost a place to a recovering LMP2 car which meant the sister No.91 car was only a place behind them and the pair battled for 3rd in class until No.91 had an off at the Ford Chicane damaging the car and requiring a stop, and so they would then run to the finish getting back to 23rd in the 20th hour and then finally 22nd in the last hour which is where they finished 3rd in class after 344 laps.
Spark - Porsche 911 RSR-19 - 2021 Le Mans 24 Hours - M.Christensen, K.Estre & N.Jani - 22nd
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Post by Tom on Feb 17, 2024 8:20:37 GMT -5
Hard-fought race, as any endurance race should be. Nice car, but then again it is a Porsche... Spark keeps 'em coming and keeps up the quality.
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Post by 105epaul on Feb 17, 2024 8:28:22 GMT -5
Very nice model, I do have a soft spot for the 911, even modern ones.
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Post by jager on Feb 18, 2024 7:11:34 GMT -5
A nice subtle change to the livery of the factory Porsches. Very nice (so nice I've ordered one too).
I had a chuckle at the "1/150" label on the Trofeu TWR Porsche WSC-95 considering Trofeu have released this as an unlimited model in the past. I've had mine for at least 15 years.
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Post by raceoddity on Feb 18, 2024 23:11:13 GMT -5
Quite like that.
Cheers
Scott
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Post by Scalainjridesagain on Feb 21, 2024 2:45:18 GMT -5
Hard-fought race, as any endurance race should be. Nice car, but then again it is a Porsche... Spark keeps 'em coming and keeps up the quality. Very much so and due to the reliability of the cars now it was more or less a 24 hour sprint race. Spark certainly keeps churning them out a prodigious rate these days and as you not the quality reamins good
Very nice model, I do have a soft spot for the 911, even modern ones. It is a great model of a great subject A nice subtle change to the livery of the factory Porsches. Very nice (so nice I've ordered one too). I had a chuckle at the "1/150" label on the Trofeu TWR Porsche WSC-95 considering Trofeu have released this as an unlimited model in the past. I've had mine for at least 15 years. Didn't go down the dealer route either on this one then. No surprise at all that it will be joining your collection
Ah but it's only 150 models with this packaging you see Also I think it makes more of a statement about the industry now considering back in the day the runs were much larger than 150 pieces
Quite like that. Cheers Scott Good man
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Post by Scalainjridesagain on Feb 21, 2024 3:01:05 GMT -5
Obscure Quattro time.
Or perhaps not so obscure, as this was the first privately entered Quattro used on a World Championship event. The 1981 Rally Bandama or Ivory Coast Rally counted only for the drivers championship and consequently only Ford had a works team present, though a number of championship drivers would enter with local teams. Audi did not enter, though Schmidt Motorsport entered a car for Adolphe Choteau & Pierre-Yves Burel which was essentially a development car for their forthcoming 1982 European Championship bid and though it was to Group 4 specification it featured a standard engine which suffered from fuel injection throughout the rally before finally succumbing to fuel starvation on the penultimate leg of the rally.
Trofeu 1/43 - Audi Quattro - 1981 Rally Bandama - A.Choteau & P-Y.Burel - DNF
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